Groups urge federal government to cancel a permit for proposed fish farm off the Sarasota coast

Groups urge federal government to cancel a permit for proposed fish farm off the Sarasota coast

Source: wusfnews

6/13/2023

Credit: Ocean Era

What could become the nation's first deep water aquaculture facility in federal offshore waters was first proposed in 2019 and would be located about 45 miles off Sarasota in the Gulf of Mexico.

When the Environmental Protection Agency first issued Ocean Era a permit in 2020, the Hawaii based company said it would construct a certain type of pen to cultivate almaco jack, a longfin yellowtail fish.

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