Aug. 16—An innovative offshore fish farm designed to "swing " with ocean currents while sustainably scaling up food production could be placed in the water off Ewa Beach, but concerns about its ...
The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking comment by Nov. 25 on modifications to the permit for the Ocean Era aquaculture project, which would raise red drum fish in an offshore net pen in the ...
Proposed Aquaculture Facility in the Gulf of Mexico Draws Opposition from Sarasota Environmentalists
Editor's note: On May 1, 2025, a federal judge blocked the nationwide permit that would have allowed for the addition of industrial fish farms off the coast of Sarasota, forcing Ocean Era, the company ...
One of Ocean Era's geodesic cages floats in the water near Kona, Hawaii. Ocean Era hopes to launch a similar test project near Sarasota, Florida. (Photo by Rick Decker, courtesy of Ocean Era) The ...
The Trump administration’s push for seafood competitiveness could net Florida’s first offshore aquaculture. But some worry ...
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An aquaculture professional dives into a fish cage to check on cobia at Open Blue Sea Farms in Panama. Tyler Sclodnick. University of Miami A boat traveling southwest from Sarasota into the Gulf of ...
The EPA approved the permit for the Ocean Era aquaculture demonstration project in federal waters off of Sarasota County on June 8 – the same day another federal agency opened its public comment ...
When environmental and animal advocates challenge the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of a permit for the Ocean Era aquaculture demonstration project in two separate federal lawsuits, they ...
I don’t have the exact coordinates for the proposed fish farm for which Hawaii based Ocean Era Corp. is seeking a permit from the Army Corps of Engineers. But its reported location of “45 miles ...
The Trump Administration’s push for seafood competitiveness could net Florida's first offshore aquaculture. But some worry fish farms could be a floating hazard in the storm-lashed Gulf. Neil Sims has ...
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