Oppose Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Identification of Aquaculture

What the proposal said, and what the decision did

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NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service is launching a programmatic environmental review to identify potential Aquaculture Opportunity Areas in Alaska's Gulf of Alaska state waters, following a 2020 executive order to expand U.S. seafood production. The PEIS won't approve any facilities or permits on its own, but it'll set the framework for where future marine aquaculture could be sited. This affects conservation interests in Gulf of Alaska coastal and marine ecosystems, with multiple state and federal agencies involved as cooperators.

In the agency’s own words

In compliance with Section 7 of the Executive Order, "Promoting American Seafood Competitiveness and Economic Growth" (May 7, 2020), NMFS intends to prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) to evaluate alternatives for identifying Aquaculture Opportunity Areas (AOAs) in state waters within the Gulf of Alaska. The PEIS will be prepared in accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), NOAA Administrative Order 216-6A, and NOAA's Companion Manual. NMFS is the lead agency for this PEIS and the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Alaska Department of Fish & G…

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The groups on this fight

4 groups predicted likely to care in Alaska

Predicted likely to care is a guess from the group's sourced work in Alaska, with no link to this decision. Give straight to them; nothing routes through us.

• Alaska Wilderness League

  Predicted likely to care · a guess

  Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska: Built around defending the Arctic Refuge from oil and gas drilling.

• Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges

  Predicted likely to care · a guess

  Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska: Lead plaintiff in the November 2025 federal suit challenging the land exchange signed to put a road through the Izembek Wilderness.

• Northern Alaska Environmental Center

  Predicted likely to care · a guess

  Gates of the Arctic (Ambler Road), Alaska: First-named plaintiff in Northern Alaska Environmental Center v. Trump, the Ambler road suit filed in 2020.

• Southeast Alaska Conservation Council

  Predicted likely to care · a guess

  Tongass National Forest, Alaska: Southeast Alaska’s homegrown defender of the Tongass since 1970.

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Who signs it

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The ground

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In court on this ground

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Who holds the vote

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