Study Says US Investments on Aquaculture Research Pay Dividends
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] May 26, 2017
A study from Johns Hopkins University concluded that federal investments on aquaculture research in the United States produce a return on investment.
The study is the first of its kind to examine US federal grants awarded in the field of aquaculture, which includes aquatic organisms raised for food, feed, fuel, and recreation. To conduct this analysis, the researchers compiled a database of nearly 3,000 aquaculture grants awarded from 1990 to 2015. The study found that federal agencies awarded nearly $1 billion dollars in grants for aquaculture research in the past quarter century, and these grants had an estimated 37-fold return on investment since 2000...
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