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The Aquaculture
Network Information Center (AquaNIC) was conceived in 1994 by the former
USDA-Extension Service (currently Cooperative State Research, Education and
Extension Service) as one of the nation’s first network information centers
to serve as a gateway to the world’s electronic aquaculture resources.
AquaNIC was created, through grants from USDA-Extension Service, the
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program, and Purdue University Libraries.
Primary funding of AquaNIC is through the
NOAA Sea Grant
College Program with secondary support from
USDA North
Central Regional Aquaculture Center. In-kind support is provided
by the Mississippi-Alabama
Sea Grant Consortium, Auburn
University's Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquaculture, and the Illinois-Indiana
Sea Grant College Program. Land Grant institutions, Sea Grant Colleges, the USDA
Regional Aquaculture Center Program, and others with an expertise in
aquaculture provide significant oversight and contribute to the
resource base. AquaNIC houses
or provides links to thousands of state, national, and international
aquaculture publications, newsletters, visual media, calendars, job
services, directories and specialty sections for species and production
systems.
Vision
AquaNIC is the
gateway to the world’s electronic resources for aquaculture information.
Goals
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Provide
access to all electronic aquaculture information at the national and
international level.
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Increase
the quantity and quality of electronic information available to the
aquaculture industry.
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Provide
self-paced aquaculture instruction to the aquaculture industry.
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Obtain
user input in directing AquaNIC services.
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