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NOAA Is Rolling Out a Plan to Radically Expand Offshore Aquaculture. Not Everyone IsĀ Onboard.

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The sites pave the way for possibly dozens of new open-pen fish farms as far as three miles offshore, the future home of species that range from carp to salmon. The plan, released last October, outlines national goals for a thriving and sustainable domestic farmed seafood sector. suitable for development. So why, then, is the U.S.