What other studies have been done specifically for Washington State fish mariculture?
About 1990 a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for net pens was prepared by consultants for several state agencies under direction of the Washington Department of Fisheries. The work was peer-reviewed by leading fisheries and oceanographic authorities, included the best available technical information and was drawn in part from studies published in technical appendices (Parametrix et al. 1991). The purpose of the PEIS was to clarify the known technical impacts of net-pen rearing, to aid the site permitting and monitoring process. Aesthetic impacts were also considered in this effort. The results were transferred and adapted for use by the State of Maine but have evolved slightly differently in subsequent years (Normandeau Associates and Battelle. 2003).
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- What other studies have been done specifically for Washington State fish mariculture?
