The Washington DC-based nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) in recent years has moved toward supporting the development of offshore aquaculture in the United States, but whether its support is even attainable remains to be seen.

EDF at this point does not support any specific pilot projects for offshore aquaculture in the United States, Ruth Driscoll-Lovejoy, senior manager of seafood policy for the Environmental Defense Fund, told IntraFish.

"We're not at the point where we could pick and choose what should move forward or what shouldn’t," she explained.