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Please participate in the 2021 COVID-19 impact survey. The purpose of this survey is to quantify the effects of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on commercial aquaculture, aquaponics and suppliers during the second half of 2021 (July – December). Please provide your responses based on the period of time between July 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021.

This survey will close at 11:59 pm (eastern time) today, February 11, 2022.

Click here to participate in the survey, which should take about 20 minutes of your time to complete.

This survey is a continuation of the effort started in 2020 to capture the evolving effects of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), but will be distributed only two times for 2021 (this is the final instance of the survey). Please participate in this final impact surveys. No personally identifiable information (name, address, e-mail, telephone number, IP address, etc.) will be collected. All data from this survey will remain anonymous.

Results from this study may be used to communicate the effects of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on commercial aquaculture, aquaponics or suppliers to State and Federal agencies, in an effort to secure relief or access to other beneficial programs.

Results from this study may also be published in the future. Participation in this research survey is voluntary. By continuing with this survey, you are consenting to the use of your responses for research purposes. If you do not consent for your responses to be used for research purposes, please discontinue this survey by closing the browser window.

If you would like a copy of the summary results, or have any questions about this study, please contact: Jonathan van Senten – jvansenten@vt.edu or Matthew Smith – smith.11460@osu.edu.

This survey is being supported by funding from the National Sea Grant Office and the National Marine Fisheries Service.