Pacific Islands Aquaculture Management Program

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Pacific Islands Regional Office (PIRO) plans to work with the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) to establish an aquaculture management program in the Pacific Islands Region (PIR). Aquaculture is the propagation and rearing of aquatic organisms for any commercial, recreational, or public purpose.Aquaculture in Federal waters in the PIR is not currently subject to extensive management oversight, with limited exceptionsrelated to gear types used for culture and harvest of coral reef ecosystem component species