Sec. 3. Study on offshore aquaculture by Ocean Studies Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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The Administrator shall seek to enter into a contract with the Ocean Studies Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (in this section referred to as the Board ) under which the Board shall, not later than 30 months after the date of the enactment of this Act— complete a study— to determine whether the Board recommends the pursuit of offshore aquaculture; and if the Board recommends the pursuit of offshore aquaculture, to develop the scientific basis for efficient and effective regulation of offshore aquaculture; and submit to Congress and make publicly available the results of the study. The study completed pursuant to subsection
(a)shall, with respect to offshore aquaculture— identify— optimal methods of operation of offshore aquaculture facilities to limit adverse effects on the environment, wildlife, and human well-being, including— considerations to guide siting decisions of such facilities; appropriate stocking densities; and opportunities for selective breeding; a science-based definition of responsible offshore aquaculture feed or other inputs , including guidance on sourcing feed or other inputs to address long- or short-term concerns, including the availability and scalability of such inputs; potential adverse effects on the environment, wildlife, and human well-being, including from— the use of antibiotics and other pharmaceuticals by offshore aquaculture facilities, including through analyses necessary to establish acceptable rates, impact levels, and risk thresholds, such as analyses of organism antibiotic consumption or metabolization versus excretion to the surrounding environment; assimilation of pollution originating from such facilities on marine organisms; the risk posed by misplaced or damaged equipment; the risk of harmful interactions with wildlife; interbreeding and the spread of disease; the source and environmental impacts associated with the collection and removal of brood stock for offshore aquaculture operations and impacts of hatcheries and prestocking rearing operations that are specific to offshore aquaculture; large-scale cultivation of filter-feed bivalve organisms and seaweed on the marine food webs; offshore aquaculture facilities acting as aggregating devices and increasing the vulnerability of wild fisheries and wildlife populations to fishing or other sources of mortality; predator control devices and methods; and the use of nonsustainable sources of feed or other inputs, including the use of globally limited marine resources for feed ingredients, environmental impacts, and scalability of alternatives, including— novel ingredients (for example, insect, single cell protein, and algae); traditional ingredients (for example, soya); and other inputs; potential methods and technologies to mitigate adverse effects, including the effects identified under subparagraph (C); potential conflicts and solutions to mitigate such conflicts between offshore aquaculture facilities and other users of the offshore environment; the types of data and qualitative information necessary for the optimal operation of such facilities and appropriate methods of procuring such data and information, including from— citizen science (as defined in section 402(c) of the Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Act ( 15 U.S.C. 3724(c) )); and the traditional offshore aquaculture knowledge of Tribal and Indigenous communities; and the considerations necessary to account for the effects of climate change predictive assessments on the siting and operation of offshore aquaculture facilities; and provide recommendations for legislative or administrative action with respect to— methods of operation identified under paragraph (1)(A); mitigating adverse effects identified under paragraph (1)(C); environmental standards, control rules, or reference points that build upon the existing public and private standards for the sustainability of offshore aquaculture; and ensuring that operators of offshore aquaculture facilities adhere to international standards for social responsibility, public health, and equitable labor practices, including with respect to sourcing inputs for such facilities.
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