PREFACE 



The National Aquaculture Development Plan (NADP) is a two-volume 

 document prepared by the Joint Subcommittee on Aquaculture (JSA) in 

 response to P.L. 96-362, the National Aquaculture Act of 1980. 

 The plan has been developed over an extended period of time with 

 the assistance of numerous individuals. It's history, briefly, is 

 as follows; on May 2, 1977, a Subcommittee on Aquaculture, under 

 the auspices of the Interagency Committee on Marine Science and 

 Engineering, developed an outline for a preliminary National 

 Aquaculture Plan. On December 15, 1978, the JSA initiated work on 

 that plan which was completed in May, 1980. It consisted of two 

 parts: an overall plan and a collection of species plans. This 

 particular plan was not published. The extensive list of Federal, 

 State, academic, and private contributors to that plan is found in 

 Volume II of the NADP. 



On March 13, 1981, an ad hoc National Plan Task Force was 

 established to develop from the unpublished plan the NADP to fully 

 satisfy the requirements of the Act. Task force participants 

 represented the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of 

 Commerce, and U.S. Department of the Interior. 



This volume (I) describes technologies, problems, and opportunities 

 associated with aquaculture in the U.S. and its territories. It 

 recommends actions to solve problems and analyzes the social, 

 environmental, and economic impacts of growth in aquaculture. 

 Volume II contains in-depth discussions of important, selected 

 aquacultural species, an extensive bibliography and list of 

 contributors . 



The JSA is a subcommittee of the Federal Coordinating Council on 

 Science, Engineering, and Technology. It was created to increase 

 the overall effectiveness and productivity of Federal aquaculture 

 programs by improving coordination and communication among Federal 

 agencies involved in these programs. The Act assigns various 

 activities to be conducted by the JSA, including preparation of 

 this plan. 



The JSA is made up of representatives of the following Federal 

 agencies: Department of Agriculture (USDA) , Department of Commerce 

 (DOC) , Department of the Interior (USDI) , Department of Energy 

 (DOE) , Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) , 

 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , Corps of Engineers (COE) , 

 Small Business Administration (SBA) , Agency for International 

 Development (AID) , Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) , National 

 Science Foundation (NSF) , and the Farm Credit Administration (FCA) . 

 The chairmanship and vice-chairmanship of the JSA rotates among 

 representatives of the Department's of Agriculture, Commerce and 



