Velella Epsilon – Recirculating Farms Coalition

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Coalition Appeals EPA Permit For Gulf of Mexico Fish Farm

Posted on October 30, 2020

SARASOTA, FL — On October 30, 2020, The Don’t Cage Our Ocean Coalition joined together today with local and regional partners to file an appeal against the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) pollution discharge permit for Velella Epsilon, an industrial finfish aquaculture facility vying for construction permits in federal waters off of Sarasota, Florida. The EPA’s permit […]

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“People’s Hearing” Pushes USACE to Allow Public Comment on Gulf Fish Farm/EPA Issues Permit

Posted on October 12, 2020October 12, 2020

Ocean Era is a company that operates a finfish aquaculture farm in Hawaii state waters. It has applied for permits for an aquaculture project, Velella Epsilon, about 45 miles off the coast of Sarasota, Florida in the Gulf of Mexico. The project would grow 20,000 Almaco Jack to about 4.4 lbs, and, with anticipated loss […]