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Offshore Aquaculture

Full Committee Hearing
Date:  Thursday, April 6, 2006
Time:  10:00 AM
Location:  SD

The Senate Commerce Committee’s National Ocean Policy Study Subcommittee has announced a hearing on Offshore Aquaculture scheduled for Thursday, April 6, at 10:00 a.m. in room 562 of the Dirksen Building.

The United States lags behind other nations in using offshore aquaculture facilities to supplement its domestic seafood production. This hearing will examine current proposals to regulate offshore aquaculture operations, discuss research in this field being conducted off the coasts of New England and Hawaii, and explore the impacts that expanded aquaculture operations would have on fishermen, seafood processors, and consumers.

Committee Members

  • Ted Stevens

    Senator

Testimony

  • Mark Vinsel

    Executive Director
    United Fisherman of Alaska

  • Rebecca Goldburg

    Senior Scientist
    Environmental Defense

  • Randy Cates

    President
    Cates International, Inc.

  • William Hogarth

    Assistant Administrator, National Marine Fisheries Service
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  • Sebastian Belle

    Executive Director
    Maine Aquaculture Association

  • Richard Langan

    Director
    University of New Hampshire Open Ocean Aquaculture Program
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