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 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.
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 ...
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 ...
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SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – If permitting is finalized, an offshore fish farm demonstration could soon be coming to the Gulf of Mexico. The aquaculture project is planned to be about 40 miles off ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Trump administration has revoked an environmental and economic management program for the United States’ coastal ecosystems and replaced it with a program that the president says “streamlines ...
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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