H97 - 2015 Appropriations Act, Sec. 14.10D: Division of Marine Fisheries Recommendations for Shellfish Aquaculture (SL 2015-241)

Overview: Sec. 14.10D of S.L. 2015-241 directs the Division of Marine Fisheries to report to the General Assembly, no later than March 1, 2016, its recommendations for policy and statutory changes necessary for the ecological restoration and economic stability of the shellfish aquaculture industry. The provision includes nine specific issues the Division must cover in its report, ranging from efforts to combat oyster disease to increased use of private oyster hatcheries to further actions to promote cultch planting. The provision also requires the Division to provide opportunities for stakeholders to review and comment on the report prior to its submission to the General Assembly.

This section became effective July 1, 2015.