# Aquaculture Lease Permit

*/Credentials/Aquaculture_Lease_Permit*

## Credential Profile

**Issued By**: [State Department of Natural Resources](/Regulators/State_Department_of_Natural_Resources)
**Satisfies**:
- [State Aquaculture Leasing Statute](/Regulations/State_Aquaculture_Leasing_Statute)
**Qualifies For**:
- [Aquacultural Managers](/Occupations/Aquacultural_Managers)
**Recognized In**:
- [Issuing State](/Jurisdictions/Issuing_State)
**Prerequisite Of**:
- [Aquaculture Operating Permit](/Credentials/Aquaculture_Operating_Permit)
**Qualifies For Role**:
- [Shellfish Farm Operator](/JobTypes/Shellfish_Farm_Operator)
- [Marine Lease Holder](/JobTypes/Marine_Lease_Holder)

## Neighborhood

### Related (depends on)

- [Shellfish Aquaculture](/Industries/Shellfish_Aquaculture) — depends on · Industries
- [Shellfish Farming](/Industries/Shellfish_Farming) — depends on · Industries

### Related (builds on)

- [Aquaculture Operating Permit](/Credentials/Aquaculture_Operating_Permit) — builds on · Credentials

### Recognized in

- [Issuing State](/Jurisdictions/Issuing_State) — recognized in · Jurisdictions
- [Washington](/Jurisdictions/Washington) — recognized in · Jurisdictions
- [Virginia](/Jurisdictions/Virginia) — recognized in · Jurisdictions
- [Maine](/Jurisdictions/Maine) — recognized in · Jurisdictions

### Issued by

- [State Department of Natural Resources](/Regulators/State_Department_of_Natural_Resources) — issued by · Regulators
- [State Department of Marine Resources](/Regulators/State_Department_of_Marine_Resources) — issued by · Regulators

### Satisfies

- [State Aquaculture Leasing Statute](/Regulations/State_Aquaculture_Leasing_Statute) — satisfies · Regulations

### Qualifies for role

- [Shellfish Farm Operator](/JobTypes/Shellfish_Farm_Operator) — qualifies for role · JobTypes
- [Marine Lease Holder](/JobTypes/Marine_Lease_Holder) — qualifies for role · JobTypes
- [Aquaculture Lease Holder](/JobTypes/Aquaculture_Lease_Holder) — qualifies for role · JobTypes
- [Shellfish Farmer](/JobTypes/Shellfish_Farmer) — qualifies for role · JobTypes

### Qualifies for

- [Aquacultural Managers](/Occupations/Aquacultural_Managers) — qualifies for · Occupations
- [Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers](/Occupations/Farmers,_Ranchers,_and_Other_Agricultural_Managers) — qualifies for · Occupations
- [Fishers and Related Fishing Workers](/Occupations/Fishers_and_Related_Fishing_Workers) — qualifies for · Occupations

### Problems this exposes

- [lease-area production and gear reporting to the leasing authority](/Problems/lease-area_production_and_gear_reporting_to_the_leasing_authority) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Army Corps Section 10/404 and state water-quality permit stacking](/Problems/Army_Corps_Section_10%2F404_and_state_water-quality_permit_stacking) — exposes problem · Problems
- [submerged-land lease siting conflicts with navigation and riparian rights](/Problems/submerged-land_lease_siting_conflicts_with_navigation_and_riparian_rights) — exposes problem · Problems
- [navigation/riparian-use public-objection and hearing process during lease application](/Problems/navigation%2Friparian-use_public-objection_and_hearing_process_during_lease_application) — exposes problem · Problems
- [submerged-land lease-site survey/coordinates and Army-Corps Section-10/404 permit coordination](/Problems/submerged-land_lease-site_survey%2Fcoordinates_and_Army-Corps_Section-10%2F404_permit_coordination) — exposes problem · Problems
- [gear-marking, lease-boundary, and production-reporting compliance to the marine-resources agency](/Problems/gear-marking,_lease-boundary,_and_production-reporting_compliance_to_the_marine-resources_agency) — exposes problem · Problems
- [annual lease-rent and renewal filing tied to the leased water acreage](/Problems/annual_lease-rent_and_renewal_filing_tied_to_the_leased_water_acreage) — exposes problem · Problems
- [public-comment and riparian-owner notification windows stall applications for months](/Problems/public-comment_and_riparian-owner_notification_windows_stall_applications_for_months) — exposes problem · Problems
- [annual production reports and gear-marking compliance audited against the lease's permitted acreage](/Problems/annual_production_reports_and_gear-marking_compliance_audited_against_the_lease's_permitted_acreage) — exposes problem · Problems
- [lease siting requires bathymetry, current, and benthic surveys submitted to state marine resource agencies](/Problems/lease_siting_requires_bathymetry,_current,_and_benthic_surveys_submitted_to_state_marine_resource_agencies) — exposes problem · Problems
- [overlapping ACOE, state, and tribal jurisdictions each demand separate filings for one site](/Problems/overlapping_ACOE,_state,_and_tribal_jurisdictions_each_demand_separate_filings_for_one_site) — exposes problem · Problems
- [public-comment and navigation-conflict hearings let waterfront owners contest gear siting](/Problems/public-comment_and_navigation-conflict_hearings_let_waterfront_owners_contest_gear_siting) — exposes problem · Problems
- [siting depends on the same water-quality classification that governs harvest closures](/Problems/siting_depends_on_the_same_water-quality_classification_that_governs_harvest_closures) — exposes problem · Problems
- [lease carries an active-use covenant; underplanted acreage risks revocation](/Problems/lease_carries_an_active-use_covenant;_underplanted_acreage_risks_revocation) — exposes problem · Problems
- [bottom/water-column lease applications stall for years in Army Corps and state riparian-rights review](/Problems/bottom%2Fwater-column_lease_applications_stall_for_years_in_Army_Corps_and_state_riparian-rights_review) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Lease Condition Monitoring And Reporting](/Problems/Lease_Condition_Monitoring_And_Reporting) — exposes problem · Problems

### Attests skill

- [Monitoring](/Skills/Monitoring) — attests skill · Skills
- [Negotiation](/Skills/Negotiation) — attests skill · Skills
- [Operations Analysis](/Skills/Operations_Analysis) — attests skill · Skills

### Attests knowledge

- [Geography](/Knowledge/Geography) — attests knowledge · Knowledge
- [Law and Government](/Knowledge/Law_and_Government) — attests knowledge · Knowledge
- [Biology](/Knowledge/Biology) — attests knowledge · Knowledge