Opinion: Offshore Aquaculture In The United States: Untapped Potential In Need Of Smart Policy

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• Journal Title:
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
• Personal Author:
  Lester, Sarah E. ; Gentry, Rebecca R. ; Kappel, Carrie V. ; White, Crow ; Gaines, Steven D.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; Sea Grant
• Sea Grant Program:
  CASG/CUIMR (California Sea Grant)
• Description:
  The United States had a $14 billion seafood trade deficit in 2016, importing more than 2.5 million tons of edible fishery products, 90% of the value of the seafood Americans eat (1). Half of those seafood imports are from aquaculture (2). Meanwhile, demand in the United States for local, fresh, and sustainably produced seafood is growing, and the absence of sufficient local supply to meet this demand clearly represents a lost opportunity for sustainability and economic growth. Expanded domestic seafood production in the United States could promote significant economic development and job creation. Yet, wild-fishery production has only a relatively modest potential for sustainable growth. Aquaculture, therefore, represents the only realistic option for expanding domestic production (3).
• Keywords:
  Marine Aquaculture Science Technology
• Source:
  PNAS 115 (28) 7162-7165; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1808737115
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1808737115
• Pubmed ID:
  29991573
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6048495
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  Grant no. NA10OAR4170060 ; Grant no. R/AQ-134
• Rights Information:
  Other
• Compliance:
  PMC
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c5c09be12beba34bde0bf047dbee1c71df7e3a42f31b900631dd2414ea358484
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  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/29211/noaa_29211_DS1.pdf
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