Yes, it is really frustrating. Our WVU trout/aquaponics site was closed down a year ago. It seems like aquaculture research is dying all around, yet we seem to need more and more U.S. aquaculture products. No group seems to be able to provide research funding. It is also affecting regulations and laws being generated by people without oversight by educated aquaculture specialists.
Sounds acutely familiar. We got more regs dealing with VHS on fish farms at the state level recently even though there has never been one positive on a fish farm, nor in any of our state waters tested.
Illinois still requires VHS testing for tilapia for the table even though it poses no danger to humans and they are not on the susceptible list. They also don't allow tilapia to be planted in ponds for weed control even though they couldn't make it through the winter.
The world is leaving the U.S. behind in aquaculture. Even some third world countries are leaving us in the dust.
