ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors thank Jim Bowker, president of the Fish Culture Section, for editorial guidance provided during the development of this article.
Notes
1 On June 9, 2011, the NOAA and the Department of Commerce released new national aquaculture policies that support sustainable marine aquaculture in the United States. The intent of these policies is to guide Commerce and NOAA's actions and decisions and to provide a national approach for supporting aquaculture (CitationNOAA 2011c).
2 Policies affecting aquaculture can be downloaded from the USFWS's website (CitationUSFWS 1995).