Aquaculture

NOAA proposes new aquaculture areas

2024-11-18T14:54:00

Underwater image of mussels being grown on a rope

Source: Darryl Torckler/Photonewzealand

NOAA Fisheries has released two draft programmatic environmental impact statements to help identify aquaculture opportunity areas (AOA) in southern California and the Gulf of Mexico

These documents outline potential sites for sustainable commercial aquaculture operations and are open for public review and comment from 22 November 2024 to 20 February 2025.

The draft statement evaluates the environmental impact of various aquaculture scenarios, including seaweed, shellfish and finfish farming.

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