CHAPTER 4 

 EXISTING PROGRAMS 



This chapter discusses existing Federal, State, territory, and 

 university programs related to aquaculture. The functions 

 currently performed by the various agencies are described. 



Department of Agriculture 



The following are FY 1982 USDA expenditures in support of 

 aquaculture: 



Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) $173,000 



Agricultural Research Service (ARS) 269,000 



Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 230,000 



Cooperative State Research Service (CSRS) 2,150,000* 



Economic Research Service (ERS) 35,000 



Extension Service (ES) 976,000** 



Farmers Home Administration (FHA) ' '"■ 1,500,000*** 



Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) 55,000 



Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) ■ .:: 10,000 



National Agriculture Library (NAL) ' 60,000 



Soil Conservation Service (SCS) ■' 1,325,000 



Statistical Reporting Service (SRS) 150,000 



Aquaculture nutrition program purchases (AMS amd FNS) 2,500,000 



General Coordination 100,000 



Total $9,533,000 



* Federal funds only (States contribute an additional $4.8 



million) 

 ** Federal funds only (States contribute an additional $1.5 



million) 

 ***Management costs only; does not include loans 



Agricultural Marketing Service 



The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) cooperates with State 

 Departments of Agriculture by providing matching grants to States. 

 Grants are generally used to conduct marketing assessments and to 

 identify solutions to marketing barriers. 



Agricultural Research Service 



Studies on waste byproduct utilization and genetics in catfish are 

 being carried out at the Southern Regional Research Center in New 

 Orleans. A new treatment has been developed to convert catfish 

 processing waste into a useful oil and the bone-free residue can be 

 dried to produce a nutritious feed supplement for animals. A 

 catfish breeding and genetics research project at Auburn University 

 is also funded by the Agricultural Research Service. 



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