The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will consider the aquaculture plan during a January meeting in Bay St. Louis, council officials said.
According to Al.com, the proposal would create a permitting process for developers to raise fish such as grouper and red drum in underwater cages and pens in federal waters stretching from 3 miles to 200 miles offshore.
Open-water aquaculture supporters have said raising fish in the ocean could take pressure off the overfished wild stocks in the Gulf.
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