Summary Description
- Regulates the water discharges of agricultural facilities.
- TopicThe topic of the legislation or policy covered by the text
- AquacultureClimate & environmental protection
- SpeciesThe animal, or type of food production, covered by the text
- Fish
- JurisdictionCountry or geographical area where the text applies
- USA
- Sub-jurisdictionCountry or state where the text applies
- N/A
- Type of ActWhether the act is a law, regulation, or policy, or another type of text
- Regulation
- StatusIndicates whether the act is in force or not
- In force
- Legal ValueWhether the text is binding or not
- Binding
- Date enactedDate the text was adopted
- 1983
- Date updatedDate when the entry was last updated by the CALF team
- June, 2023
- Official citation
- 40 C.F.R. � 122.24 (USA)
Strengths & Weaknesses
- Strengths
- Includes aquaculture facilities in its regulation.
- Regulates water pollution.
- Weaknesses
- Limits regulation of water pollution only to certain sizes of aquaculture facilities.
- Does not take into account consideration of fish welfare.
- Does not prohibit aquaculture facilities in environmentally protected areas.
- Does not provides regulations on worker protections, nor on escapee captive fishes.