Unless the context clearly
requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply
throughout this chapter.
(1) "Aquaculture" means the process of growing, farming, or
cultivating private sector cultured aquatic products in marine or
freshwaters and includes management by an aquatic farmer.
(2) "Aquatic farmer" is a private sector person who
commercially farms and manages the cultivating of private sector
cultured aquatic products on the person's own land or on land in
which the person has a present right of possession.
(3) "Private sector cultured aquatic products" are native,
nonnative, or hybrids of marine or freshwater plants and animals
that are propagated, farmed, or cultivated on aquatic farms under
the supervision and management of a private sector aquatic farmer
or that are naturally set on aquatic farms which at the time of
setting are under the active supervision and management of a
private sector aquatic farmer. When produced under such
supervision and management, private sector cultured aquatic
products include, but are not limited to, the following plants
and animals:
| Scientific Name | Common Name |
| Enteromorpha | green nori |
| Monostroma | awo-nori |
| Ulva | sea lettuce |
| Laminaria | konbu |
| Nereocystis | bull kelp |
| Porphyra | nori |
| Iridaea | |
| Haliotis | abalone |
| Zhlamys | pink scallop |
| Hinnites | rock scallop |
| Tatinopecten | Japanese or weathervane scallop |
| Protothaca | native littleneck clam |
| Tapes | manila clam |
| Saxidomus | butter clam |
| Mytilus | mussels |
| Crassostrea | Pacific oysters |
| Ostrea | Olympia and European oysters |
| Pacifasticus | crayfish |
| Macrobrachium | freshwater prawn |
| Salmo and Salvelinus | trout, char, and Atlantic salmon |
| Oncorhynchus | salmon |
| Ictalurus | catfish |
| Cyprinus | carp |
| Acipenseridae | Sturgeon |
[2003 c 39 § 7; 1989 c 176 § 3; 1985 c 457 § 2.]