SEAFOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Sea Grant researchers have developed lower-cost, more rapid methods for measuring PCBs and mercury in fish. The new methods cut costs from $500- $1,500 to approximately $50 per sample and can deliver results in days, rather than weeks or months. More Sea Grant Impacts…

Themes Aquaculture Aquatic Invasive Species Biotechnology Coastal Communities & Economies Coastal Natural Hazards Digital Ocean Ecosystems & Habitats Fisheries Marine Aquatic Science Literacy Seafood Science & Technology Urban Coasts National Priority Areas Fisheries Extension Harmful Algal Blooms Oyster Disease Research

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.