Minorities in Aquaculture is a 501c3 nonprofit founded in 2020 by Imani Black, an African American oyster farmer building a career in the rapidly growing aquaculture industry.

MIA was created by a vision of more diverse, inclusive all aquaculture sectors. In 3 years, we have been educating underrepresented demographics about the environmental benefits of aquaculture & growing viable career pipeline, we can create long lasting diverse stewards, employees and innovators that strongly impact the industry for the future.

Currently, we are the only minority workforce development organization in the industry globally.