Section 17.49 Aquaculture Program and Promotion
17.49 AQUACULTURE PROGRAM AND PROMOTION.
Subdivision 1.
[Repealed, 2001 c 161 s 58]
Subd. 2.Coordination.
Aquaculture programs in the state must be coordinated through the commissioner of agriculture. The commissioner of agriculture shall direct the development of aquaculture in the state. Aquaculture research, projects, and demonstrations must be reported to the commissioner before state appropriations for the research, projects, and demonstrations are encumbered. The commissioner shall maintain a database of aquaculture research, demonstrations, and other related information pertaining to aquaculture in the state.
Subd. 2a.Development program.
The commissioner may establish a Minnesota aquaculture development and aid program that may support applied research, demonstration, financing, marketing, promotion, broodstock development, and other services.
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 2009 c 94 art 1 s 107]
History:
1987 c 186 s 15; 1987 c 312 art 1 s 26 subd 2; 1987 c 318 s 1; 1989 c 350 art 4 s 1; 1990 c 502 s 1,2; 1991 c 309 s 5; 1991 c 345 art 2 s 11; 1993 c 163 art 1 s 1; 1997 c 192 s 12