Emily
Riewestahl

About

Emily Riewestahl is the Aquaculture Marketing & Communications Specialist for Florida Sea Grant. She coordinates the Southeast Aquaculture Communications Collaborative (SACC), which aims to increase aquaculture literacy in the U.S. Southeast through information exchange, digital tools, and campaigns. Before Emily’s current position, she was a project coordinator for the Wisconsin Humanities Community Powered Program. The award-winning program partnered returning graduates with their local libraries and trained them in humanities methods to co-create programs that build community resilience. She holds an MA in Communication and credits her upbringing in rural Wisconsin for sowing her newfound passion for aquaculture. She is currently pursuing a graduate certificate in Natural Resource Policy and Administration. In her spare time, Emily enjoys knitting, watching movies, traveling, birdwatching, fishing, hunting, and scuba diving.

Southeast Aquaculture Communications Collaborative

The purpose of this project is to strengthen support for aquaculture as a sustainable and valuable industry sector, ultimately increasing demand for aquaculture–based products and boosting local economies in the U.S. Southeast. This project aims to utilize marketing and communications strategies that leverage the collective expertise and experience of regional Sea Grant programs to increase public awareness of the products, sources, uses, and benefits of aquaculture as a sustainable Blue Economy sector.