Visit by USDA's Deputy Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics
July 24, 2022
IMET recently hosted a visit by Dr. Shefali Mehta, USDA's Deputy Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, and Dr. Caird Rexroad, US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) National Program Leader for Aquaculture.
In October, the USDA awarded a $10 million grant to a project led by UMBC's Dr. Yonathan Zohar and other IMET scientists to advance research on salmon aquaculture in the US through the project Sustainable Aquaculture Systems Supporting Atlantic Salmon, also known as SAS2.