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Greetings U.S. aquaculture or supplier business,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
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We are requesting your participation in the 2021 COVID-19 impact survey. The purpose of this survey is to quantify the effects of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on commercial aquaculture, aquaponics and suppliers during the<b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>first
half of 2021 (January - June)</b>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><u>Please provide your responses based on the period of time between January 1st 2021 and June 30th 2021</u></b>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
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<b>Survey link:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://virginiatech.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_02iOi5vowseMKmq__;!!KGKeukY!hieRQHMykNYB5Fw7v4noKieoIaWoQfDyu4Rxj0EtQa40vknAmjWQABLIMvHRu1C8PvbvIA$" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(149, 79, 114);text-decoration:underline">https://virginiatech.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_02iOi5vowseMKmq</a></p>
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This survey should take about 20 minutes of your time to complete. This survey is a continuation of the effort started in 2020 to capture the evolving effects of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), but will be distributed only two times for 2021 (this instance
and again in early 2022). Please consider participating in both of the 2021 national surveys.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>No personally identifiable information (name, address, e-mail, telephone number, IP address, etc.) will be collected.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>All
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This survey is being supported by funding from the National Sea Grant Office (NSGO) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). There are no benefits or rewards for participating in this study. Results from this study may be used to communicate the effects
of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on commercial aquaculture, aquaponics or suppliers to State and Federal agencies, in an effort to secure relief. Results from this study may also be published in the future. <b>Participation in this research survey is voluntary.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
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<b>This survey will close at 11:59 pm (eastern time) on August 6th, 2020.</b> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
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<b>If you would like a copy of the summary results</b>, or have any questions about this study, please contact: Jonathan van Senten -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:jvansenten@vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(149, 79, 114);text-decoration:underline">jvansenten@vt.edu</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or
Matthew Smith -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:smith.11460@osu.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(149, 79, 114);text-decoration:underline">smith.11460@osu.edu</a></p>
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<b><u><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Bell MT", serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(31, 78, 121)">Jonathan van Senten,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></u></b><b><u><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Bell MT", serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(31, 78, 121)">PhD</span></u></b><b><u><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"Bell MT", serif, serif, EmojiFont;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(31, 78, 121)"></span></u></b></p>
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Assistant Director, Virginia Seafood AREC</p>
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Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist</p>
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Virginia Seafood AREC & Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics</p>
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Affiliate Faculty, Center for Coastal Studies<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
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Email:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:jvansenten@vt.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="3" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(149, 79, 114);text-decoration:underline"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(5, 99, 193)">jvansenten@vt.edu</span></a></p>
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Tel: 757-727-4861</p>
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