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Below are links to federal sites that may have legislation, policy, permit and regulatory information affecting aquaculture development. (In addition contact your state offices such as Sea Grant Extension or State Department of Agriculture for state regulations and permit processes that may affect your enterprise.)

National Offshore Aquaculture Act -- introduced in 109th CONGRESS - 1st Session as S1195

in process -- original bill links below:

National Aquaculture Act of 1980 — http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/sfweb/aqua_act.htm

Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972-as amended — http://coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/czm/czm_act.html

Corps of Engineers Regulatory Program — http://www.usace.army.mil/inet/functions/cw/cecwo/reg/ 

Country of Origin Labeling — http://www.ams.usda.gov/cool/  This is from USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service

EPA regulations and legislation — http://www.epa.gov/water/laws.html

Governing Offshore Aquaculture: Issues and Policies — http://darc.cms.udel.edu/sgeez/sgeez1.html

Government Regulations Portal — http://www.regulations.gov/   A good starting point for new and pending regulations

GUIDE TO DRUG, VACCINE, AND PESTICIDE USE IN AQUACULTURE — (April, 2007 Revision) http://aquanic.org/jsa/wgqaap/drugguide/drugguide.htm

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act — http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/magact/

Offshore Aquaculture Permitting Process in the Gulf of Mexico —   http://www.olemiss.edu/orgs/SGLC/offshore.htm

"Monitoring and Regulation of Marine Aquaculture" (MARQUA) (Europe) — http://www.lifesciences.napier.ac.uk/maraqua/

Saltonstall-Kennedy Act of 1954, as amended — http://swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/fmd/s-k.htm

Summaries of Major Laws Implemented by the National Marine Fisheries Service —
http://www.ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/legislative/leg-11.cfm?&CFID=1693370&CFTOKEN=92839024 

Sustainable Fisheries related legislation — http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/

United States Animal Identification Plan —
http://animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/naislibrary/documents/guidelines/User_Guide.html
http://animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/animal_id/index.shtml

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