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The
Issue:
The
U.S.
Seafood
industry
faces
many
challenges
and
opportunities
as
it
enters
the
21st
century. These
challenges
include
an
increasingly
competitive
global
marketplace,
complex
trade
policies,
strict
regulations,
rising
energy
costs
and
a limited
seafood
supply. Change,
however,
also
brings
new
opportunities
to
expand
markets,
form
strategic
alliances
and
advance
innovations
that
can
lower
production
costs,
create
new
products,
add
value
to
existing
ones,
increase
safety
and
reduce
waste. In
the
new
seafood
era,
science
and
education
have
become
cornerstones
for
maintaining
the
vitality
of
the
nation’s
$27
billion
seafood
industry
and
its
250,000
workers.
Sea
Grant:
The
Sea
Grant
network
is
helping
the
industry
increase
quality
and
safety,
add
value,
lower
costs
and
expand
seafood
supplies
and
markets. Sea
Grant
has
more
than
30
years
of
experience
working
in
nearly
every
state
and
involving
every
type
of
seafood
product–a
proven
track
record
of
collaboration
by
university
research
and
extension
personnel
with
business,
government,
research
laboratories
and
consumers.
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