Michiganders spent a day celebrating and learning about Michigan’s commercial fishing and aquaculture industries in front of the state capitol in Lansing. The Expo was hosted by the Michigan Fish Producers Association and Michigan Aquaculture Association, with coordination and organizational support from Michigan State University Extension, Michigan Sea Grant and Monte Consulting through the Mi Fresh Fish marketing campaign..
The event was an opportunity to meet with commercial fishermen and aquaculture farmers to showcase their products grown and harvested in Michigan waters. Attendees discovered where Michigan fish come from, how they are cared for and harvested, and why they’re an important part of the local economy. Producers hoped the Expo would help create advocates for Michigan fish among Michiganders as they shared their stories.
See, eat, learn
More than 500 participants engaged with 18 vendors, 24 businesses, nine producers, sampled any of three Mi
Fresh Fish species from cooking demonstrations and interacted with two interactive demos. The interactive demos included an aquaculture live tank holding live trout for stocking raised at Cedarbrook Trout Farms and a 360-Virtual Reality experience that transports viewers on a virtual tour of Cedarbrook Trout Farms. After attending, 173 participants (90% of those who took the Michigan Sea Grant evaluation survey) said yes, they plan to eat more fish.
Source: msu.edu
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Categories: Michigan, Livestock