Aquaculture

FDA Removes Import Alert for GE Salmon

Posted on March 12, 2019

U.S. Food and Drug Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., announced on March 8, that the Agency was deactivating a 2016 import alert that prevented genetically engineered (GE) salmon from entering the

Posted on May 22, 2018

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) recently rejected Cooke Aquaculture’s request to move 800,000 Atlantic salmon into Puget Sound net pens. WDFW cited two reasons for denying the

Posted on March 6, 2018

Current efforts to ban salmon farming in Washington State began shortly after the August 2017 failure of a net pen structure owned by Canadian-based Cooke Aquaculture that resulted in the

Posted on February 6, 2018

As previously reported on this blog, Cooke Aquaculture (Cooke) sued the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) last month for terminating its Port Angeles net pen lease for

Posted on January 9, 2018

As previously reported on this blog last month, Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced the termination of Cooke Aquaculture Pacific’s Port Angeles net pen lease for salmon farming.

Posted on December 19, 2017

As reported previously on this blog, the failure of a net pen structure near Cypress Island, Washington, in August 2017, resulting in the escape of more than 100,000 salmon

Posted on November 21, 2017

Washington State Senator Kevin Ranker (D-Orcas Island) plans on proposing legislation in the upcoming session to ban Atlantic salmon net-pen farming, reports the Seattle Times. The legislation is in

Posted on August 17, 2016

Industry awaits USDA’s Proposed Organic Aquaculture Rule which has been undergoing OMB review for the past year.

Today marks one year since USDA sent its proposed organic aquaculture standards to