LEWES – Local aquaculture leaders are gearing up to make waves with expansion opportunities to the tune of dozens of millions of dollars as the industry continues to blossom in Sussex County.

Dr. Ed Hale, assistant professor at the University of Delaware and the Delaware Sea Grant, as well as a member of the Delaware Environmental Coalition (DECO), told Sussex County Council members this week that the First State’s aquaculture industry is nowhere near capacity yet. Support will be needed to see it continue to grow in ways that could also benefit the local tourism industry, he added.

“It kind of presents a unique opportunity for it to grow in an economic pathway, as well as an ecological and viable one, kind of a nice nexus between those two things,” he said.

To see that growth come to f

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