Over the next 2 months, APHIS will host a series of training webinars about the RAEF 2.0 updates and expectations for external stakeholders and facilities.

Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Rob Wittman (R-VA), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), and Chellie Pingree (D-ME) have introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to uplift and support aquaculture and aquaculture farmers and harvesters.

Federal agencies have been adopting eDNA surveillance technologies to confirm an animal or pathogen's physical presence in aquatic environments using minute fragments of DNA.

The legislation is not needed and would stop or severely impede import and interstate trade in live aquatic animals.

Animal rights activist have adopted the technology to capture images and footage for use in media campaigns developed to damage public perception of animal agriculture.

USDA hosting a series of listening sessions to inform priority setting and program planning actions for the next 5-years (2025-2029).