US aquaculture lobby intensifies push for MARA Act with Congress deadline looming
Pro-aquaculture lobby group Stronger America Through Seafood (SATS) has launched an October campaign urging Congress to pass the bipartisan Marine Aquaculture Research for America (MARA) Act before the current congressional term expires in January 2027, warning that the US is missing out on the benefits of open ocean aquaculture due to a complex federal permitting process that took eight years to approve a single demonstration project this year.
