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Titus Seilheimer
Supporting aquaculture in Wisconsin through outreach and education.
University of Wisconsin Sea Grant
Wisconsin Aquaculture Association Conference
February 15, 2019
Actionable Science
– Research and Outreach Integrated for Impact• Scientists want their work to be helpful!
• Science organizations now required to demonstrate impacts
• Encouraging researchers to work with end users to address
relevant questions and deliver information in a way that is
understandable and useful
Science + Educated and Engaged Citizenry, Businesses, Industries
+ Resource Managers and Policy Makers = Sound Decisions
(non advocacy)
Science in partnership to inform decisions and actions
→ ACTIONABLE SCIENCE, GREATER IMPACTS
Outreach
Education Research
Focus areasHealthy Coastal Ecosystems
Sustainable Fisheries & Aquaculture
Resilient Communities & Economies
Envir. Literacy & Workforce Development
Outreach
Education Research
Fred BinkowskiUWM SFS
Emma WeirmaaUWSP-NADF
Great Lakes Sea Grant Network
Outreach
Education Research
State & National Grant Funding
Recent Wisconsin SG Research SupportInvestigators Investigator
Affiliations
Title Amount (in
thousands)
Christopher Hartleb
Gregory Fischer
Emma Wiermaa
UW-Stevens Point Optimizing walleye stocking
density and nutrient recycling in
traditional and integrated
aquaculture systems
$213
Mark McBride
David Hunnicutt
Osvaldo Sepulveda-Villet
UW-Milwaukee, St.
Norbert College
Virulence factors and control of
the fish pathogen Flavobacterium
columnare
$232
Tony Goldberg
Kathy Toohey-Kurth
UW-Madison Diagnosis and management of
viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus
in Wisconsin
$238
Christopher Hartleb
Gregory Fischer
Emma Wiermaa
Kendall Holmes
UW-Stevens Point Impact of starter microdiets for
raising saugeye (hybrid walleye)
fry for Great Lakes aquaculture
$175
Bret Shaw
Christopher Hartleb
Kristin Runge
Deidre Peroff
UW-Madison, UW-
Stevens Point, UW-
Extension, Wisconsin
Sea Grant
Supporting Wisconsin aquaculture
by assessing the marketing needs
of producers and perceptions of
consumers about eating locally
farmed fish
$224
$1.1 million toward aquaculture over 4 years, guided by WSG Strategic Plan
Current Wisconsin SG Funding
Opportunity/ProcessDate Action
December 2018 2020-22 Wisconsin Sea Grant Omnibus Competition RFP released
December 2018 Informational webinar for prospective investigators - preproposal
development and submission instructions
January 2019 Preproposals due
February 2019 Preproposal Review - Technical Review Panel (6 experts), with
opportunity for input from Advisory Council, SG staff, National SG Program
officer
March 2019 "PI Meeting" - full proposal development and submission instructions for
investigators
April 2019 Full proposals due
May-July 2019 External peer review: at least 3 per research proposal (minimum 3 per
proposal)
August 2019 Full Proposal Review - Technical Review Panel (5 experts), with
opportunity for input from Advisory Council, SG staff, National SG Program
officer
September 2019 Advisory Council meeting
September 2019 Letter of Intent submitted to National Sea Grant Office
Mid-late October Letters to PIs
November 2019 Omnibus submitted to the National Sea Grant Office
$3 million over 2 years, guided by WSG Strategic Plan across all focus areas
National investment in aquaculture
Sea Grant National Aquaculture Initiative guided by 10-Year
NOAA Sea Grant Aquaculture Vision
Sea Grant National Aquaculture Initiative
Investigators Investigator
Affiliations
Title Amount (in
thousands)
Wisconsin Sea Grant UWSP-NADF Overcoming barriers to support
the growth of land-based
Atlantic Salmon production in
the Great Lakes region
$245
Calls for proposals FY18, FY19 and FY20
• $7-11.5 million/year available
• To help spur the development and growth of shellfish, finfish and seaweed
aquaculture businesses. The projects include basic and applied research to
improve efficient production of seafood, permitting of new businesses,
management of environmental health issues and economic success of
aquaculture businesses.
• Emphasize incorporating end-users and public-private partnerships
• FY18 - $9.3 million for 32 projects (out of 126 submitted), 0 from Wisconsin
• FY19 - $11 million for 22 projects (out of 100 submitted), 1 from Wisconsin
Sea Grant National Aquaculture Initiative
Shellfish
Marine fish
Salmon
Sea Grant National Aquaculture Initiative
Visioning
• Eat WI Fish
https://eatwisconsinfish.org
More traffic coming soon.
Keeping up the good work with good partners
University of Stevens-Point
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin-Madison
UW-Extension
Michigan State University
Great Lakes Fishery Commission
Riverence LLC
Superior Fresh
The Urban Farm Project
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
USFWS La Crosse Fish Health Lab
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
UW-Stevens Point Aquaponics Innovation Center
USGS-Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
University of Wisconsin Diagnostic Veterinary Laboratory
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians and Bay Fisheries
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility
Mississauga Food Bank
Nelson and Pade Inc.
Fernwood Montessori
Freedom High School
Bayfield High School
Vincent High School
Coolwater Farms, LLC
Growing Power
