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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.)
in process -- original bill links below:
Library of Congress page http://thomas.loc.gov/ (Search for Senate Bill 1195)
Offshore Aquaculture, National Ocean Policy Study Hearing, Thursday, April 6 2006 - 10:00 AM - SD-562
http://commerce.senate.gov/hearings/witnesslist.cfm?id=1810
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 regulationsGUIDE 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
Legal Education Websites
Center for Oceans Law and Policy—http://www.virginia.edu/colp/ --University of Virginia: the Center’s web site provides links to information on its publications and conferences.
Gerald J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy—http://www.ocean.udel.edu/cmp/ --University of Delaware: The Center's web site provides links to recent publications and reports on research
Marine & Environmental Law Institute—http://www.dal.ca/law/melaw --Dalhousie Law School in Nova Scotia, the Institute’s web site provides links to information on its publications and research.
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