What GLAC does

What GLAC does

Why did Sea Grant create GLAC?

The Great Lakes Sea Grant programs created the Great Lakes Aquaculture Collaborative (GLAC) to support an environmentally responsible, science-based, competitive, and sustainable aquaculture industry in the Great Lakes region. GLAC members include Sea Grant staff and aquaculture producer-partners and collaborators who work together to identify, understand, and address the environmental, financial, and social impacts of aquaculture in the Great Lakes region. GLAC seeks to identify and share best management practices with regional producers and increase consumers’ understanding of aquaculture.

Great Lakes Sea Grant programs: Illinois-Indiana, Lake Champlain, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin.

Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture (SFA) is one of Sea Grant’s four national focus areas. Sea Grant is a leader in developing innovative technologies for all sectors of the seafood industry, including fishing, aquaculture, seafood processing and consumer safety. Nationwide, Sea Grant research, extension, and communication efforts are focused on ensuring a safe and sustainable supply of seafood products for current and future generations.

Who does GLAC serve?

The Great Lakes Aquaculture Collaborative (GLAC) began with the goal of serving aquaculture producers in the Great Lakes region and then expanded its efforts to include seafood consumers, K-12 youth, regulatory agencies and legislators. 

GLAC provides aquaculture products, services, and activities including events and presentations, tours and workshops, fact sheets and manuals, videos and social media, mass media and targeted communications, email lists, and state advisory groups. GLAC seeks to create content tailored for aquaculture producers/farmers, consumers, and fish and seafood marketers in the Great Lakes states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Wisconsin.

GLAC began with the goal of serving aquaculture producers in the Great Lakes region and then expanded its efforts to include seafood consumers, K-12 youth, regulatory agencies and legislators. 

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The Great Lakes Aquaculture Collaborative is here for people interested and/or involved in aquaculture in the Great Lakes region. We’re not selling anything – we’re offering science-based information and resources.

Each Great Lakes state Sea Grant program maintains their own email list to help folks like you know about webinars, events, meetings, research outputs, grant opportunities, and information we think you will find useful. We will not sell your information or share your information outside our project personnel. One form is all that’s required. You select your state(s) of interest and Sea Grant does the rest.

How does GLAC involve the aquaculture community?

State Advisory Groups

Each Great Lakes state Sea Grant program established a state advisory group with 8-10 members. The function of the GLAC state advisory groups is to facilitate successful transfer of knowledge from the GLAC project team to aquaculture industries, associations, and professional networks. State advisory group members may include representatives from producer groups, regulators, researchers, and allied industries.

Contact your state’s Sea Grant GLAC Advisory Group representative below for more information.

  • Illinois Sea Grant’s GLAC State Advisory Group
    • Contact: Amy Shambach, IISG Aquaculture Marketing Outreach Associate
  • Indiana Sea Grant’s GLAC State Advisory Group
    • Contact: Amy Shambach, IISG Aquaculture Marketing Outreach Associate
  • Lake Champlain’s GLAC State Advisory Group.
    • Contact: John Brawley, LCSG Outreach Aquaculture Specialist
  • Michigan Sea Grant’s GLAC State Advisory Group
  • Minnesota Sea Grant’s GLAC State Advisory Group.
  • Ohio Sea Grant’s GLAC State Advisory Group
    • Contact: Nicole Wright, OHSG Extension Educator and Aquaculture & LEARN Coordinator
  • New York Sea Grant’s GLAC State Advisory Group
  • Pennsylvania Sea Grant’s State Advisory Group
    • Contact: Zach Nemec, PASF Coastal Outreach Specialist
  • Wisconsin Sea Grant’s GLAC State Advisory Group

GLAC funding timeline

GLAC 1.0. September 1, 2019 through August 31, 2024.
GLAC 2.0. September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025.
GLAC 3.0. September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027

Each GLAC phase was funded by a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Sea Grant Office.


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