On Friday, January 15, NOAA Fisheries will hold a media teleconference to discuss findings from a new report detailing the COVID-19 pandemic's early economic impact on the U.S. fishing and seafood sector.
The Updated Impact Assessment of the COVID-19 Crisis on the U.S. Commercial Seafood and Recreational For-Hire/Charter Industries January-July 2020 covers the first seven months of 2020 and provides data and information that may help businesses and communities tied to seafood assess losses and inform long-term resilience strategies.
WHAT
Media teleconference to discuss NOAA Fisheries COVID-19 economic impacts assessment
WHEN
Friday, January 15, 2021, 2:30 p.m. ET
WHO
- Paul Doremus, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Operations, NOAA Fisheries
- Rita Curtis, Report Author and Economist, NOAA Fisheries Office of Science & Technology
- Steve Kasperski, Report Author and Economist, NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center
- Doug Lipton, Economist, NOAA Fisheries Office of Science & Technology
HOW
Dial-in: 888-469-1747
Passcode: FISHERIES
