Fish farm operators have been given 15 days to come up with solutions to a number of problems.
Operators have till September 25 to present their plans to the Planning Authority.
Problems highlighted during the summer included environmental issues and buses involving the running of their farms.
Operators will also have to face the possibility that farms will be moved further out to sea.
The Planning Authority had threatened to revoke a number of permits but the operators warned at a public meeting of the Planning Board that a decision to revoke permits for extensions made to their operations may spell the death knell for an industry, which accounts for 1.5 per cent of GDP.
They said that revocation of the permits would cost the industry €150 million.
In a tweet, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said, “Very disappointed Planning Authority failed to decide following decisive action by goverment on fish farms. Industry had years to comply -JM.”
