| South Carolina
Sea Grant participates in strategic
planning
The S.C. Sea Grant Consortium is working
with other partners to assist the South
Carolina shrimping industry to write a
strategic plan for long-term
sustainability in the state and region.
With
guidance from Clemson University, the
S.C. Department of Natural Resources, the S.C.
Sea
Grant Consortium, and other agencies, the South
Carolina shrimping industry is developing a
plan that highlights the
following strategies:
First, the local industry needs
to improve marketing of its product to distinguish
domestic shrimp from imports, and to enhance
its value in the marketplace.
Second, the industry
should encourage improved risk-management tools,
such as improved business planning.
Third,
the industry needs better techniques for quality
assurance, so
that consumers can easily distinguish between
domestic shrimp and imports.
Fourth, the domestic
industry should organize to gain better govern
ment institutional support, such as aid in
marketing domestic shrimp.
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