About the Web Site
Purpose and Organization | Accessibility | Technical Information
Purpose and Organization
The NOAA Aquaculture Program addresses coastal and onshore marine shellfish and finfish aquaculture (fish farming), as well as enhancement (hatchery) activities that support commercial and recreational fishing and the restoration of some endangered species. This web site is organized into seven sections - What is Aquaculture provides a definition and overview aquaculture; Marine Aquaculture in the United States highlights U.S. production and research, with an emphasis on the current state of marine aquaculture policies, production, techniques, challenges and future trends including offshore aquaculture; About the Program introduces the NOAA program, describes the goals, priorities, and current activities, and gives some context for that program as it relates to other government, academic and private research initiatives; Aquaculture Library provides information of interest to scientists and others working with marine aquaculture, access to non-technical and technical information and publications that focus on marine aquaculture, and reference services for those interested in specific data on all aspects of marine aquaculture; Funding Opportunities outlines NOAA-managed funding opportunities for aquaculture and funding opportunities available through other agencies or venues; and News and Notices provides links to reports, press releases, press statements, and other information related to U.S. marine fisheries and aquaculture, and the activities of the NOAA Aquaculture Program.
Accessibility
Every attempt has been made to make this site compliant with Section 508 of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Additionally, we have provided a link to a detailed Site Index on every page. This index provides a direct link to all the pages in the site.
Please notify us of any specific accessibility problems that you encounter,
or any suggestions you might have on how we could improve the site's access.
Please email comments and suggestions to:
NOAA.Aquaculture@noaa.gov
Technical Information
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Links. External sites that are accessed by these links will launch a new browser session in a single, separate browser window. A limited number of links to non-U.S. government sites are included. Users are notified that they are leaving a U.S. government Web site by a separate page that appears on screen for approximately 20 seconds.
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Printing Pages. This site has been designed to ensure simple printing in portrait format.
Downloadable Documents. Some documents are available on this site as downloadable files in Portable Document Format (PDF). These files can be viewed on microcomputers equipped with recent versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader. Adobe Acrobat Reader can be downloaded for free.
There are some known issues with downloading PDF documents, particularly on Windows systems, due to conflicting changes in the way in which Acrobat Reader and various browsers talk to one another. But there is a simple work-around: if you right-click (Windows) or option-click (Macintosh) on the link, the entire file will be sent to your machine, and then you can open it off your own hard drive using Acrobat Reader.
Index. A link to the site index appears on every page. The site index is a complete listing of every page on the site and includes links to each of those pages.
For Further Technical Information. For questions or comments about the technical aspects of this site, e-mail: nos.webadmin@noaa.gov