The National Aquaculture Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-362, as amended) is intended to promote and support the development of private aquaculture and to ensure coordination among the various federal agencies that have aquaculture programs and policies. It provided for a national aquaculture policy, including a formal National Aquaculture Development Plan; established a Joint Subcommittee on Aquaculture on which officials of USDA, Commerce, the Interior, and nine other federal agencies sit; designated USDA as the lead agency for coordination; and authorized the National Aquaculture Information Center within the National Agricultural Library.[1][2]
The S. 1650 legislation was passed by the 96th U.S. Congressional session and signed into law by the 39th President of the United States Jimmy Carter on September 26, 1980.[3]
References
- ^ Alternative Farming Systems Information Center Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Aquaculture". Aquaculture and Soilless Farming. USDA Alternative Farming Systems Information Center. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
- ^ Peters,Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Jimmy Carter: "National Aquaculture Act of 1980 Statement on Signing S. 1650 Into Law. ," September 26, 1980". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
External links
- "H.R. 9370 - National Aquaculture Policy Act". Congress.gov. September 28, 1977.
- Peters,Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Jimmy Carter: "Memorandum of Disapproval of the United States Aquaculture Bill," October 18, 1978". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
This article incorporates public domain material from Jasper Womach. Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition (PDF). Congressional Research Service.
