When used in this chapter:
- (1) "Aquaculture" means controlled cultivation of an aquatic species in confinement.
- (2) "Aquaculture business" means being involved in aquaculture for a commercial purpose.
- (3) "Aquacultured product" means any living or nonliving form, part, or portion of an aquatic species spawned, raised, or produced by means of aquaculture, including an egg or offspring thereof.
- (4) "Aquaculturist" means a person or entity engaged in aquaculture.
- (5) "Commercial purpose" means the culture, processing, purchase, sale, transfer, exchange, or the offer or exposure for sale, transfer, or exchange of a product, or engaging in aquaculture or aquaculture business in order to derive income or other consideration.
- (6) "Nonindigenous species" means a species, strain, or variety not native to this State and not established in the wild in this State.
- (7) "Person" means an individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, club, private body, or other entity.
- (8) "Processor" means a person who engages in cutting, dressing, or filleting a product for commercial purposes, other than when prepared and sold directly to the consumer.
HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 60, Section 1.