Aquaculture in Dredged Material Containment Areas
Aquaculture in Dredged Material Containment Areas

Author: Jurij Homziak

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Published: 1983

Total Pages: 234

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The view that active dredged material containment areas (DMCA) are unproductive, commercially unusable, and incompatible with local needs can be challenged by demonstrating that there are situations where dredged material and DMCA's can be used to create positive benefits. One example would be a profitable and biologically productive use of disposal acreage for aquaculture. A 2 day workshop on aquaculture in DMCA's held in Galveston, Tex., in September 1982 attended by representatives from the Corps, other Federal and State agencies, private industry, and academia, examined issues affecting the technical, economic, and practical use of DMCA's for aquaculture ...

Economic Potential of Aquaculture in Dredged Material Containment Areas
Economic Potential of Aquaculture in Dredged Material Containment Areas

Author: Kenneth Roberts

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Published: 1992

Total Pages: 32

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"The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maintains more than 400 ports and more than 25,000 miles of coastal and inland waterways. Many harbors and navigation channels silt up and require maintenance dredging to be kept open. Estimates of the amount of sediment dredged by the Corps of Engineers range from 300-400 million cubic yards annually. Disposal in dredged material containment areas (DMCAs) suits the needs of many dredging projects. On the national level, an estimated 7,000 acres of new DMCAs are needed annually. In many parts of the country, finding and acquiring suitable sites is difficult. Research by the Corps of Engineers identified aquaculture as a potential beneficial use of containment areas. By designing and operating a DMCA for both material placement and aquaculture, benefits could be realized by the landowner, the aquaculture industry, local port and waterway authorities, and the Corps of Engineers. The focus of this report is an introduction to aquacultural economics as it pertains to dredged material containment areas"--National Sea Grant Library publication website

Design and Construction of Aquaculture Facilities in Dredged Material Containment Areas
Design and Construction of Aquaculture Facilities in Dredged Material Containment Areas

Author: Jurij Homziak

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Published: 1993

Total Pages: 124

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This report is inteded to provide an overview of the considerable knowledge and experience that has been developed worldwide in the design, construction, and operations planning of pond-based aquaculture systems Because this is a complex subject and requirements for specific situations are highly variable, only generalized, conservative views will be presented. The review is not intended for experts or those experienced in aquaculture pond design and construction. it is intended primarily as an information resource for those involved in aquaculture development.

Evaluating Environmental Effects of Dredged Material Management Alternatives
Evaluating Environmental Effects of Dredged Material Management Alternatives

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Published: 1992

Total Pages: 162

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This document is intended to serve as a consistent "roadmap" for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency personnel in evaluating the environmental acceptability of dredged amterial management alternatives. Specifically, its major objectives are to provide: A general technical framwork for evaluating the environmental acceptability of dredged material management, alternatives (open-water disposal, confined (diked) disposal, and beneficial uses). Additional technical guidance to augment present implementation and testing manuals for addressing the environmental acceptability of available management options for the discharge of dredged material in both ope water and confined sites. Enhanced consistency and coordination in USAC/EPA decision making in accordance with Federal environmantl statutes regulating dredged material management.