Courtesy of NAA:
The recording is now available of NAA’s webinar last Friday. The guest speaker, Kip Tyler, an Environmental Engineer with the Environmental Protection Agency, provided an overview of NPDES permitting requirements for offshore finfish aquaculture facilities and participated in a great Q&A session with attendees.
Additional Information:
EPA has posted a video, two infographics and text addressing Managing Aquaculture to Protect Water Quality | US EPA. Information specific to aquaculture National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting is found here Aquaculture NPDES Permitting | US EPA.
The Florida Sea Grant program has funded an offshore fish farm (one year of operation of one sea cage with final production of ~80,000 pounds) as an experimental/demonstration farm. The EPA NPDES permit for this farm is posted here: Ocean Era, Inc. – Velella Epsilon Aquatic Animal Production Facility National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit | US EPA. As of August 23, 2024, the US Army Corps of Engineers has not issued a Rivers and Harbors Act Section 10 permit so the farm is not in place or operational.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has posted a guide to assist individuals with navigating the federal permitting process for marine aquaculture (finfish, shellfish, invertebrates, seaweed) in federal waters (between 3 and 200 miles from shore). The guide can be read or downloaded here: Guide to Permitting Marine Aquaculture in the United States (2022) | NOAA Fisheries.
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