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Aquaculture Applications and Forms

Applications differ depending on the type of operation that is being proposed.

The below files are available in MS Word or PDF file formats.  To view MS Word files, please download the free MS Word viewer software here.  To view PDF files, download the free Adobe Reader here.

Select this link for information regarding the application process. Please note that for standard lease applications you must attend a pre-application meeting with the Department and the municipality and you must hold a public scoping session prior to submitting an application. Contact us early in your planning for a lease application; it will help both you and the Department a great deal.

If you have questions, please contact Diantha Robinson.

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LIMITED-PURPOSE AQUACULTURE (“LPA”) LICENSES: Up to 400 square feet of area for one calendar year for the culture of certain shellfish species and marine algae using certain types of gear.

For NEW LPAs, you will need the following forms:

1. LPA License Application
2. LPA License form
3. Riparian list, if applicable

• 2013 Limited purpose application ("LPA") form - pdf
• 2013 Limited purpose application ("LPA") form - word
• 2013 Limited purpose license ("LPA") form - pdf
  
• Riparian List form for LPA license applications - pdf
  Riparian List form for LPA license applications - word
• LPA Health Areas map and description - pdf
• LPA Standard Conditions - pdf
• Growing shellfish and other species on LPA Sites - pdf
• Changing your LPA License - pdf
• Summary of LPA Rules Changes - pdf

AQUACULTURE LEASE APPLICATIONS

• Limited-purpose (“experimental”) lease application - pdf
  Limited-purpose ("experimental") lease application - word
  Up to 4 acres for 3 years for the culture of finfish and/or shellfish.
• Suspended culture lease (“standard”) application - pdf
  Suspended culture lease (“standard”) application - word
  Up to 100 acres for 10 years for the culture of shellfish with the use of aquaculture gear.
• Bottom culture lease (“standard”) application - pdf
  Bottom culture lease (“standard”) application - word
  Up to 100 acres for 10 years for the culture of shellfish freely on the bottom without the use of gear.
• Suspended net-pen culture lease ("standard") application - pdf
  Suspended net-pen culture lease ("Standard") application - word
  Up to 100 acres for 10 years for the culture of finfish.
• DEP discharge permit guidance document for Atlantic salmon aquaculture - pdf
• Lease Transfer Application - pdf
  Lease Transfer Application - word
• Lease Renewal Application - pdf
  Lease Renewal Application - word

OTHER AQUACULTURE-RELATED FORMS

• Aids to Private Navigation application - pdf                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Online Private Aids to Navigation (PAToN) Registration                                                                                                                                                                                                     (If you have questions regarding a PAToN application, please contact Steve Pothier - DPW1)
• Application for Intervenor status - pdf
  Application for Intervenor status - word
• Application for the Cultivation of Atlantic Salmon (Hatcheries)
• Application for Importation, Introduction, and/or Movement of Finfish - pdf
  Application for Importation, Introduction, and/or Movement of Finfish - word
• Application for Importation, Introduction, and/or Movement of Shellfish - pdf
  Application for Importation, Introduction, and/or Movement of Shellfish - word
• Emergency Shellfish Relocation Form - pdf file, 19 kb
  Emergency Shellfish Relocation Form - word
• Cultchless American Oyster License application form - pdf file, 10 kb
  Cultchless American Oyster License application form - Word file, 40 kb

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