From wright.1128 at osu.edu Wed Nov 6 12:00:07 2024 From: wright.1128 at osu.edu (Wright, Nicole) Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2024 17:00:07 +0000 Subject: [Sc-aquaponics] NAA Webinar: Economic Contribution of U.S. Aquaculture Farms Message-ID: NAA Webinar: Economic Contribution of U.S. Aquaculture Farms Presenter: Dr. Ganesh Kumar, Mississippi State University REGISTER HERE A distinguished team of economists familiar with U.S. aquaculture have published an analysis funded by the National Sea Grant Program estimating the economic impact of U.S. aquaculture to the economy. The analysis achieves its goal and presents a succinct description of U.S. aquaculture capturing the complexity in the life stages of aquatic animals and plants farmed and production systems used by small and large farms across the nation. The total economic contribution of U.S. aquaculture production was estimated to be $4 billion annually with more than 22,000 jobs supported each year. The labor income and value addition were approximately $1 billion and $3 billion, respectively. The economic output multiplier across all U.S. aquaculture production was 1.73. Nearly all (96%) economic sectors in the United States were supported by U.S. aquaculture, with the majority of this contribution occurring in the rural economies where most aquaculture farms are located. Click here to learn more and access the full publication. You can go directly to NAA's webpage by clicking on the following link: NAA Webinar: Economic Contribution of U.S. Aquaculture Farms [The Ohio State University] Nicole Wright Aquaculture Extension Educator and LEARN Coordinator Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory School of Environment and Natural Resources Heffner Building, 352 W. Dodridge St., Columbus, OH 43202 Phone: 330-202-3594 wright.1128 at osu.edu / ohioseagrant.osu.edu / lakeerieandaquaticresearch.org Pronouns: she/her/hers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 3605 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: