{"id":29886,"date":"2026-06-30T10:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T14:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=29886"},"modified":"2026-06-30T10:39:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T14:39:51","slug":"public-notice-share-your-thoughts-on-seafood-marketing-in-maryland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2026\/06\/30\/public-notice-share-your-thoughts-on-seafood-marketing-in-maryland\/","title":{"rendered":"PUBLIC NOTICE: Share Your Thoughts on Seafood Marketing in Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND (June 29, 2026)<\/b>&#8212;<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) invites local seafood harvesters, processors, restaurants, distributors and other industry stakeholders to join them at upcoming public meetings to share their perspectives and insights on challenges and opportunities specific to marketing Maryland\u2019s seafood industries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MDA, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and industry partners, is engaging stakeholders to identify barriers and opportunities related to seafood marketing across the state. Feedback gathered during these sessions will help inform strategies to strengthen seafood marketing efforts and promote locally harvested Maryland seafood. Findings and recommendations will be included in a formal report to be published in December 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Attendees are welcome to attend one or both sessions, but we ask that you please<\/span><b> register in advance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Each session will provide an overview of current seafood marketing initiatives in Maryland and offer participants the opportunity to help shape future marketing strategies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Tuesday, August 18, 2026<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1:00 p.m. &#8211; 3:30 p.m.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Department of Agriculture<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">50 Harry S. Truman Parkway<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Annapolis, MD 21401<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Tuesday, August 25, 2026<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1:00 p.m. &#8211; 3:30 p.m.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eastern Shore Innovation Center<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">104 Tech Park Drive<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cambridge, MD 21613<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please complete <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/ZgoYbEcSLRj8LNgZA\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">this registration form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to attend. Registration for in-person attendance will close on <\/span><b>Friday, August 14, 2026 at 5:00 p.m.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please contact MDA\u2019s Chief of Marketing and Agricultural Development, Martin Proulx, at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:martin.proulx@maryland.gov\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">martin.proulx@maryland.gov<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> with any questions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">###<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND (June 29, 2026)&#8212;The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) invites local seafood harvesters, processors, restaurants, distributors and other industry stakeholders to join them at upcoming public meetings to share their perspectives and insights on challenges and opportunities specific to marketing Maryland\u2019s seafood industries.\u00a0 MDA, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2026\/06\/30\/public-notice-share-your-thoughts-on-seafood-marketing-in-maryland\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":283,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[403,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mda-newsroom","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/283"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29886"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29888,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29886\/revisions\/29888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}