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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

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Aquaculture Company’s Woes in Washington State Continue

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

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Washington Senate Passes Bill to Phase Out Salmon Farming

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

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Salmon Farming Update: Washington State Terminates Another Lease

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

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Washington State Sued over Termination of Salmon Farming Lease

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.

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Washington State Terminates Atlantic Salmon Farm

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

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Washington State Senator Considering Ban on Atlantic Salmon Farming

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

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Fishy Business: Organic Aquaculture Rule Flounders at OMB

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

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