- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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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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