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[03/17/2020]

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<p>The goal of WDC4004 is to successfully renew the project formally known as W3004, which expired in September 2019 and failed renewal earlier that year. WDC4004 was formed and approved to achieve this goal by pursuing the following two objectives:</p><br /> <ol><br /> <li>Recruit more participants from the West region.</li><br /> <li>Develop a revised proposal to have this project renewed (for this purpose, a temporary project number W_TEMP_5004 was assigned).</li><br /> </ol><br /> <p>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p><strong>Outcomes to-date</strong></p><br /> <p>(1) Recruitment of new members, and especially from the West region</p><br /> <ul><br /> <li>We have successfully recruited the new participants since the beginning of WDC4004. Not all participants mentioned below have completed Appendix E; this will be pursued when we begin working actively under W_TEMP_5004.<br /> <ul><br /> <li>Kuan-Ju Chen, University of Guam</li><br /> <li>Ares Adrian, University of Guam</li><br /> <li>Hui-Gong Jiang, University of Guam</li><br /> <li>Brian Szuster, University of Hawaii</li><br /> <li>Walter Bowen, University of Hawaii</li><br /> <li>Kisten Leong, NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (Hawaii)</li><br /> <li>Minling Pan,&nbsp;NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (Hawaii)</li><br /> <li>Frank Asche, University of Florida</li><br /> <li>Jim Anderson, University of Florida</li><br /> <li>Xiang Bi, University of Florida</li><br /> <li>Melva Trevino-Pena, University of Rhode Island</li><br /> <li>Michael Weir, University of Rhode Island</li><br /> <li>Jonathan van Senten,&nbsp;Virginia Polytechnic Institute</li><br /> </ul><br /> </li><br /> <li>Continuing members are:<br /> <ul><br /> <li>Hirotsugu Uchida, University of Rhode Island&nbsp;</li><br /> <li>Kwamena Quagrainie, Purdue University</li><br /> <li>Andrew Ropicki, University of Florida</li><br /> <li>Andrew Scheld, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences</li><br /> <li>Kevin Fitzsimmons, University of Arizona</li><br /> <li>Andrew Mount, Clemson University</li><br /> </ul><br /> </li><br /> </ul><br /> <p>We also now have several non-economist social scientists among the participants.</p><br /> <p>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p>(2) Renewal proposal development</p><br /> <p>An annual meeting for this purpose was successfully held in February 2020 in Honolulu (immediately&nbsp;after the Aquaculture America 2020 conference). Research objectives for the new/revised proposal were discussed and decided.</p><br /> <p>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p><strong>Plan for the remaining project period (~Sep 2021)</strong></p><br /> <ol><br /> <li>Submit a joint project grant proposal for NOAA Sea Grant "Addressing Economic and Market Needs of the U.S. Aquaculture Industry." Participating members from URI, UFL, UHI, and UOG have agreed to collaborate and pursue this endeavor. Due date is April 22, 2020 with project starting date of Sep 1, 2020.</li><br /> <li>Submit the renewal proposal under W_TEMP_5004 before January 2021 deadline.</li><br /> </ol><br /> <p>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p>&nbsp;</p><br /> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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