§220-1  Aquaculture farms; rules.  (a) The board of land and natural resources shall adopt rules for review ofapplications, and issuance of permits for aquaculture farms, pursuant tochapter 183C.  The rules shall specify permitted uses; provided that all usesendorsed by the board of agriculture pursuant to chapter 219 shall be permitteduses; uses for which an environmental impact statement shall be necessary,pursuant to chapter 343, as well as those actions of repair and maintenancewhich shall not be subject to the permit and environmental impact statementprovisions, including but not limited to emergency repairs.

(b)  For the purposes of this section,"aquaculture" means all activities as defined in section 219-2, whencarried out by a qualified aquaculturist as defined by section 219-2. [L 1975,c 27, pt of §2; am L 1986, c 339, §15; am L 1995, c 11, §15 and c 69, §14; am L2001, c 55, §9]