NOAA Proposes New Aquaculture Opportunity Areas in California and Gulf of Mexico
In what was described as a “major milestone,” NOAA Fisheries unveiled a pair of draft programmatic environmental impact statements (PEIS) to support proposed Aquaculture Opportunity Areas (AOAs) in Southern California and the Gulf of Mexico.
NOAA said it identified 10 locations in Southern California as proposed AOAs. Eight are located in the Santa Barbara Channel and two in Santa Monica Bay, each ranging in size from 500 to 2,000 acres and totaling up to 16,500 acres.
The draft impact statement considers multiple scenarios, including the potential impacts of...
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