Mission

The mission of the IWG-A is to serve as a Federal interagency coordinating group to increase the overall effectiveness and productivity of Federal aquaculture research, technology transfer, and assistance programs. Authorizing Legislation: National Aquaculture Act of 1980 ( Public Law 96-362, 94 Stat. 1198, 16 U.S.C. 2801, et seq.); and National Aquaculture Improvement Act of 1985 (Section 1736, Public Law 99-198, 99 Stat. 1643) National Policy (from the National Aquaculture Act of 1980): "Congress declares that aquaculture has the potential for reducing the United States trade deficit in fisheries products, for augmenting existing commercial and recreational fisheries, and for producing other renewable resources, thereby assisting the United States in meeting its future food needs and contributing to the solution of world resource problems. It is, therefore, in the national interest, and it is the national policy, to encourage the development of aquaculture in the United States." Reporting Authorities: The Interagency Working Group on Aquaculture (IWG-A) is a statutory committee that operates under the Life Sciences Subcommittee (LSSC) of the Committee on Science (CoS) of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) in the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Office of the Science Advisor to the President. The IWG-A is one of three research and development committees established by NSTC under the LSSC to prepare coordinated R&D strategies and budget recommendations for accomplishing national goals.

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