DEFINITION

The commercial production of cultured fish, shellfish, seaweed, or other marine plants for human and animal consumption, including all cultivating activities occurring at hatcheries or nurseries, from the egg, larval or spore stages to the transfer of the product to a growing site and all cultivating activities occurring on water, from the receipt of fish, shellfish, seaweed or other marine plants from onshore facilities to the delivery of harvested products to onshore facilities for processing.

STANDARDS

1. All onshore aquaculture facilities must be located within fully enclosed structures designed for holding and rearing fish, and containing adequate space and shade.