News Archive
This page provides an archive of reports, press releases, press statements, and other information related to U.S. marine fisheries and aquaculture, and the activities of the NOAA Aquaculture Program from 2004 to 2006. The items are presented in reverse chronological order so the most recent links are listed at the top.
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2006
November 14, 2006
NOAA 10-Year Aquaculture Plan Available for Public Comment
A NOAA press release announcing the public comment period for the draft document The NOAA 10-Year Plan for Marine Aquaculture.
September 18-21, 2006
NOAA Sponsors 3rd International Symposium on Stock Enhancement and Sea RanchingHeld in Seattle, Washington, the 3rd International Symposium on Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching highlighted the technology and approaches needed to release hatchery-reared juveniles in a responsible way and the integration of biological research with the socio-economic needs of stakeholders. It also provided the opportunity to refine the technologies needed to achieve responsible practice, and identify how stock enhancement is contributing to a better understanding of the biological processes that underpin fisheries.
September 15, 2006
Secretary of Commerce Announces 2006 National Marine Aquaculture Awards
A NOAA press release announcing the 11 recipients of the 2006 NOAA National Marine Aquaculture Initiative grants.
September 4, 2006
The State of the World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2006
In releasing a new report on world fisheries and aquaculture, the United National Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced that nearly half the fish consumed as food worldwide are raised on fish farms rather than caught in the wild.
June 8, 2006
Testimony by Timothy R.E. Keeney
Testimony presented by Timothy R.E. Keeney, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere at the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, at the legislative hearing on Offshore Aquaculture: Challenges of Fish Farming in Federal Waters, held before the National Ocean Policy Study Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on June 8, 2006.
April 6, 2006
Testimony by Dr. Bill Hogarth
Testimony presented by Dr. Bill Hogarth, Director of the National Marine Fisheries Service, at the legislative hearing on Offshore Aquaculture, held before the National Ocean Policy Study Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on April 6, 2006.
2005
June 7, 2005
Bush Administration Releases National Offshore Aquaculture Bill
Link to more information on the National Offshore Aquaculture Act of 2005.
2004
December 17, 2004
U.S. Ocean Action Plan
The federal Ocean Action Plan released by the President on December 17, 2004, includes a commitment to present legislation in the 109th Congress to create a regulatory framework for offshore aquaculture.
September 20, 2004
U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy’s Recommendations on Aquaculture
Chapter 22 of the Final Report of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy – Setting a Course for Sustainable Marine Aquaculture – contains recommendations on U.S. marine aquaculture.