# Aquaculture Operating Permit

*/Credentials/Aquaculture_Operating_Permit*

## Credential Profile

**Builds On**:
- [Aquaculture Lease Permit](/Credentials/Aquaculture_Lease_Permit)
**Issued By**: [State Department of Agriculture](/Regulators/State_Department_of_Agriculture)
**Satisfies**:
- [State Aquaculture Act](/Regulations/State_Aquaculture_Act)
- [Clean Water Act](/Regulations/Clean_Water_Act)
**Qualifies For**:
- [Aquacultural Managers](/Occupations/Aquacultural_Managers)
**Recognized In**:
- [Issuing State](/Jurisdictions/Issuing_State)
**Qualifies For Role**:
- [Fish Farm Operator](/JobTypes/Fish_Farm_Operator)
- [Hatchery Operator](/JobTypes/Hatchery_Operator)

## Neighborhood

### Related (depends on)

- [Crustacean Aquaculture](/Industries/Crustacean_Aquaculture) — depends on · Industries
- [Offshore Aquaculture](/Industries/Offshore_Aquaculture) — depends on · Industries
- [Animal Aquaculture](/Industries/Animal_Aquaculture) — depends on · Industries
- [Shrimp Aquaculture](/Industries/Shrimp_Aquaculture) — depends on · Industries
- [Marine Finfish Aquaculture](/Industries/Marine_Finfish_Aquaculture) — depends on · Industries
- [Finfish Farming and Fish Hatcheries](/Industries/Finfish_Farming_and_Fish_Hatcheries) — depends on · Industries
- [Aquaculture](/Industries/Aquaculture) — depends on · Industries
- [Animal Production and Aquaculture](/Industries/Animal_Production_and_Aquaculture) — depends on · Industries
- [Other Aquaculture](/Industries/Other_Aquaculture) — depends on · Industries

### Related (prerequisite of)

- [Aquaculture Lease Permit](/Credentials/Aquaculture_Lease_Permit) — prerequisite of · Credentials

### Qualifies for

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

### Satisfies

- [State Aquaculture Act](/Regulations/State_Aquaculture_Act) — satisfies · Regulations
- [Clean Water Act](/Regulations/Clean_Water_Act) — satisfies · Regulations

### Recognized in

- [Issuing State](/Jurisdictions/Issuing_State) — recognized in · Jurisdictions
- [Washington](/Jurisdictions/Washington) — recognized in · Jurisdictions
- [Idaho](/Jurisdictions/Idaho) — recognized in · Jurisdictions
- [Mississippi](/Jurisdictions/Mississippi) — recognized in · Jurisdictions

### Qualifies for role

- [Hatchery Operator](/JobTypes/Hatchery_Operator) — qualifies for role · JobTypes
- [Hatchery Manager](/JobTypes/Hatchery_Manager) — qualifies for role · JobTypes
- [Fish Farm Operator](/JobTypes/Fish_Farm_Operator) — qualifies for role · JobTypes

### Problems this exposes

- [therapeutant and feed-additive use limited to FDA-approved aquaculture drugs with withdrawal-period logs](/Problems/therapeutant_and_feed-additive_use_limited_to_FDA-approved_aquaculture_drugs_with_withdrawal-period_logs) — exposes problem · Problems
- [approved-species and non-native-stock restrictions enforced per waterbody](/Problems/approved-species_and_non-native-stock_restrictions_enforced_per_waterbody) — exposes problem · Problems
- [fish-health certification and pathogen screening before interstate or stocking transfers](/Problems/fish-health_certification_and_pathogen_screening_before_interstate_or_stocking_transfers) — exposes problem · Problems
- [siting / lease-area conditions with benthic-impact monitoring under the coastal-zone authority](/Problems/siting_%2F_lease-area_conditions_with_benthic-impact_monitoring_under_the_coastal-zone_authority) — exposes problem · Problems
- [NPDES effluent-discharge monitoring and DMR submissions for net-pen and flow-through systems](/Problems/NPDES_effluent-discharge_monitoring_and_DMR_submissions_for_net-pen_and_flow-through_systems) — exposes problem · Problems
- [Water Quality And Stocking Reporting](/Problems/Water_Quality_And_Stocking_Reporting) — exposes problem · Problems

### Issued by

- [State Department of Agriculture](/Regulators/State_Department_of_Agriculture) — issued by · Regulators

### Attests skill

- [Management of Personnel Resources](/Skills/Management_of_Personnel_Resources) — attests skill · Skills
- [Quality Control Analysis](/Skills/Quality_Control_Analysis) — attests skill · Skills
- [Operation Monitoring](/Skills/Operation_Monitoring) — attests skill · Skills

### Attests knowledge

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