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May 25, 2022
The Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management (NREM) at Iowa State University is recruiting for the next Director of the North Central Regional Aquaculture Center (NCRAC). The university, NCRAC Board, and key stakeholders developed a position description and conducted a national...
May 04, 2022
Ames, Iowa— May 4, 2022 — The North Central Regional Aquaculture Center (NCRAC) is pleased to announced the development of 10 new factsheets for the Center. These factsheets were developed by regional and national experts with final editing and layout from Iowa State University Extension and...
April 04, 2022
The National Aquaculture Extension Conference (NAEC) has been held at approximately 5- year intervals since 1992. The overarching goal of the conference is to provide a forum for professional development and networking for those involved in aquaculture extension education and outreach. The last-in-...
March 04, 2022
The 2022 NCRAC Annual Program Zoom Meeting will take place on March 10, 2022. Information materials for this meeting are located at 2022 NCRAC Annual Program Meeting (zoom) - General Materials | North Central Regional Aquaculture Center (NCRAC).
February 15, 2022
The 2022 NCRAC Listening Session and 2022 North Central Aquaculture Conference will be held together at a later date in 2022 or perhaps even 2023. The goal is to determine the best dates for NCRAC members to meet in-person with limited Covid spread potential and get the best attendance...
January 13, 2022
The 2022 North Central Aquaculture Conference has been postponed to later in 2022. Save the date for the 2022 conference (pdf)
November 12, 2021
The summer edition (September 2021) of the Ohio Aquaculture Association is now available/
October 13, 2021
This request for proposals (RFP) encourages researchers to present proposals that address specific soy research needs identified by SAA.
Specific Research Goals
The mission of the SAA research program is to increase demand for soy as a preferred ingredient in aquaculture feed. Advancing...
September 13, 2021
The USDA NIFA Small Business Innovative Research Program phase 1 RFA for FY22 is now published and available on the NIFA website. Here is a link to the RFA: https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/small-business-innovation-research-program-phase-i
This RFA does solicit for Aquaculture (SBIR 8....
August 24, 2021
Interactive virtual event for all audiences - local farm tours, live interviews and Q&A. The second annual Sea Grant Great Lakes Aquaculture Days will be August 31st-September 2nd. This year the event is moving from a single day event to three days of fun filled aquaculture learning...
August 24, 2021
The Center maintains a broadcast email list for the aquaculture community in the North Central Region with the purpose of communicating upcoming events and issues related to aquaculture. All electronic messages must meet federal and state laws, and University regulations and policies...
July 21, 2021
In this Issue learn about growing the industry for the benefit of all in the Farm Focus: Roothouse Aquaponics. Also read about sponsor highlights: Aqua Doc, Searen and Jones Fish and more!
Download the Ohio Aquaculture Spring 2021 Issue
June 29, 2021
The goal of the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program is to fund projects that address the needs of fishing communities, optimize economic benefits by building and maintaining sustainable fisheries, and increase other opportunities to keep working waterfronts viable. Aquaculture-focused projects are...
June 25, 2021
Columbia, MO— June 24, 2021 — This program and the webpages Aquaculture and Fisheries Extension - Programs | MU Extension (missouri.edu) will allow University of Missouri Extension staff to better promote and disseminate collective research and Extension efforts as they relate to aquaculture...
April 29, 2021
National Science Foundation Funding Opportunity for Multi-disciplinary Research
The NSF is offering a Convergence Accelerator - Networked Blue Economy funding opportunity that could be a good fit for aquaculture proposals. They are looking for multi-disciplinary research work...
April 27, 2021
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Small nonfarm businesses in 17 Iowa counties and neighboring counties in Minnesota and South Dakota are now eligible to apply for low‑interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Director Tanya N. Garfield of SBA’s...
April 13, 2021
Please join Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant for the next webinar in our Aquaculture Marketing Webinar Series, What Buyer’s Want: Exploring Market Channels, on April 20 at 11:30 am EST (10:30 am CST).
Registration link: http://bit.ly/exploring_m’arket_channels...
April 13, 2021
Largemouth Bass Workshop
Date: Saturday April 24, 2021
Time: 10 am – 1:05 pm (EST)
Contact: Amy Shambach, ashambac@purdue.edu, 317-238-0511
Kwamena Quagrainie, kquagrai@purdue.edu...
April 05, 2021
Release Date: March 12, 2021
Contact: Richard A. Jenkins, (916) 735-1500, Richard.Jenkins@sba.gov
Release Number: KS 16899-01
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August 13, 2020
Today, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the eligibility of aquaculture crops for Coronavirus Food economic (CFAP) assistance.
Producers of eligible aquaculture...
July 15, 2020
This morning, the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine released revised draft Guidance for Industry #61, entitled “Special Considerations, Incentives, and Programs to Support the Approval of New Animal Drugs for Minor Uses and for Minor Species,” in order to better facilitate the availability of...
June 15, 2020
The North Central Regional Aquaculture website is currently undergoing a number of updates. We encourage all of our members to visit regularly for news, events, publications, and opportunities to connect! Since it is proposals season, we would like to draw your attention to a new feature:...
May 14, 2020
AMES, Iowa – Virginia Tech Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Centers (AREC) and The Ohio State University Extension initiated an on-line survey of the U.S. aquaculture, aquaponics, and allied businesses. The North Central Region Covid-19 Quarter 1 report and summary are now...
April 30, 2020
AMES, Iowa – The North Central Regional Aquaculture Center (NCRAC) is seeking pre-proposals in research and outreach that support the aquaculture industry in the North Central Region. There is approximately $1,000,000 available to fund projects for up to two years starting in 2021.
Aquaculture...
April 14, 2020
Dear NCRAC Members,
We would once again like to thank those of you that attended the NCRAC 2020 conference in Columbus, Ohio and truly appreciate the great feedback provided especially during our listening session discussions. Our goals for the listening sessions were two-fold.
One was...
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