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The Resnick Program for Food Law & Policy at UCLA School of Law, California Sea Grant, and the National Sea Grant Law Center
present the
California Aquaculture Law Symposium

Friday, March 13, 2015
9:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
UCLA School of Law

Registration begins at 8:30 A.M.  Program begins at 9:00 A.M.

The United States is tied for the second largest consumer of seafood, yet we import 91% of the seafood that we eat.  About half of our seafood imports come from aquaculture, and this is likely to increase due to rising demand for seafood domestically and internationally.  The healthy and local food movements, environmental groups, and scientists from industry and academia are focusing increasing attention and resources on aquaculture’s potential to be a domestic source of seafood.  The legal field, on the other hand, has not yet given much attention to aquaculture.  However, food and agricultural law is becoming more popular in the legal realm and aquaculture is a subcategory of those fields that, moving forward, will require independent analysis.  The regulatory framework for aquaculture in the United States is a field of regulatory quirks and difficulties that, in some cases, are functionally prohibitive.   To move towards intelligently regulating aquaculture, applicants, lawyers, regulators, and decisionmakers must better understand the field, the regulatory framework, and regulatory constraints.  The California Aquaculture Law Symposium is an effort to begin the broader discussion about aquaculture law, starting in California with coastal and offshore aquaculture.

Registration will include entrance into conference, light breakfast, lunch, and reception hors d’oeuvre.

For directions to UCLA School of Law please visit: http://law.ucla.edu/about-ucla-law/directions/

Parking is available for purchase for $12.00/day in Lot 2 located at Westholme Ave. and Hilgard Ave. and parking with a handicapped placard is $5.00/day.

Symposium Schedule:

8:30 A.M. – 9:00 A.M. Registration (light breakfast provided)
9:00 A.M. – 9:15 A.M. Welcome, Introduction
9:15 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. Panel 1: “Aquaculture Perspectives”
10:45 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Panel 2: “Can Aquaculture Be Organic? A Debate on the Environmental Issues of Certification”
12:00 P.M. – 1:00 P.M. Lunch (provided)
1:00 P.M. – 2:15 P.M. Panel 3: “The Status and Difficulties of Aquaculture Permitting and Regulations in California and Offshore”
2:30 P.M. – 3:45 P.M. Panel 4: “Opportunities and Initiatives to Grow Aquaculture in California”
3:45 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Closing Remarks
4:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M. Reception (hors d’oeuvre provided)

If you have any questions please email Lauren Bernadett at laurenbernadett@gmail.com.

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