Answering global seafood trade questions during hackathon-style event
During a multi-day workshop held at the University of Washington and organized by SAFS Assistant Professor Jessica Gephart, nine researchers working on projects related to the seafood trade got together for a hackathon-style research event.
Made up of individuals and teams of early career scientists, the participants came armed with their own pressing questions about the global aquatic food trade its interaction with the environment and/or nutrition security. Questions ranged from conservation and sustainable fishmeal sourcing to food security.
Held at the UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences from 31 July to 2 August, the overarching goal of the program was to facilitate use of the ARTIS (Aquatic Resource Trade in Species) database by providing support and answering questions about the data for the researchers who attended. The event was funded by NSF (#2121238) as part of a project to develop the ARTIS database, and the participants also helped identify ways that the presentation of the database and its associated resources could be improved.
“The goal is for ARTIS to be usable and useful to a wide range of users. ARTIS Exchange allowed us to start building a userbase for ARTIS and to better understand users’ needs” said Jessica Gephart.
Read more about the ARTIS Exchange 2024.
