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O.C.G.A. § 2-15-12 — (For effective date, see note.) Rule-making authority; best management practices required | Georgia Code
O.C.G.A. § 2-15-12 (2018) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Scholar Amendments

TITLE 2 AGRICULTURE

Section 15. Pacific White Shrimp Aquaculture Development, 2-15-1 through 2-15-14.

ARTICLE 7 PICK-YOUR-OWN FARM OPERATIONS

2-15-12. (For effective date, see note.) Rule-making authority; best management practices required.

  1. The Commissioner shall make and publish in print or electronically such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as are reasonable and necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
  2. Such rules and regulations shall include, without limitation, best management practices that shall serve as protocols for the establishment and maintenance of responsible and sustainable pacific white shrimp aquaculture and for the protection of public health and safety, wildlife, and natural resources. By way of example only, such practices may cover site selection, site plans, stocking, disease importation management, escapement of eggs, fry, and adults, harvesting, transportation of product, effective management, food safety at the farm level, and reporting requirements. Compliance with such best management practices shall be a condition of any pacific white shrimp aquaculture registration certificate issued under this chapter.

(Code 1981, §2-15-12, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 948, § 2-1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 838, § 10/SB 388.)

Editor's notes.

- For information as to the effective date of this Code section, see the delayed effective date note at the beginning of this chapter.

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