79-22-5 - Definitions. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 79-22-5. Definitions.
 

For the purpose of this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise: 
 

(a) "Aquaculture" means any form of agriculture that includes the process of growing, farming, cultivating and/or harvesting cultured aquatic products in marine or freshwaters and includes management by an aquaculturist. 

(b) "Aquaculturist" is a person who is engaged in the cultivating of cultured aquatic products. 

(c) "Aquaculture facility" means any facility or resources that are used for aquaculture activities and operations in Mississippi. 

(d) "Cultured aquatic products" are marine or freshwater plants and animals that are propagated, farmed or cultivated in an aquaculture facility under the supervision and management of an aquaculturist or that are naturally produced in an aquaculture facility which at the time of production are under the active supervision and management of an aquaculturist. 

(e) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture and Commerce. 

(f) A "cultivation permit" is a permit issued by the department applicable to design criteria to prevent release of certain cultured aquatic products from an aquaculture facility into the environment. 

(g) A "marketing permit" is a permit issued by the department to provide a mechanism for tracing certain marketed and cultured aquatic products to verify that they were cultured in an aquaculture facility and were not harvested from wild stocks and to prevent the release of undesirable species into the environment. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1988, ch. 481, § 3; Laws, 1991, ch. 530, § 3; Laws, 1993, ch. 457, § 2, eff from and after July 1, 1993.