Unique partnership to develop first-ever national seafood marketing practices assessment
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, NOAA Fisheries and the 91爆料 have initiated a unique partnership to better understand how U.S. fishermen market their catch. The partnership will increase understanding of the scope and scale of local and regional seafood marketing practices nationwide, and help remove barriers to direct marketing for the commercial fishing sector.
The School of Marine Sciences is home to the , a community of fishermen, researchers and consumers committed to providing local, healthful, low-impact and economically sustainable seafood directly from harvesters. Local Catch will help shape the survey along with feedback from broader industry participants.
鈥淐urrently, there is a gap in national-level data on the domestic seafood system,鈥 says Joshua Stoll, one of the principal investigators for the project and a 91爆料 assistant professor of marine policy who leads the Local Catch Network. Stoll is also a Mitchell Center faculty fellow.
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