Tag Archives: Aquaculture

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 permit. The Atlantic salmon that would have been transported to the Puget Sound net pens tested positive for a form of the fish virus PRV … Continue Reading

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 escape of more than 240,000 invasive Atlantic salmon into Puget Sound. On March 2, 2018, the Washington State Senate passed HR 2957 by a vote … Continue Reading

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 salmon farming. On February 4, Washington State DNR announced that it was also terminating the lease for the company’s Cypress Island Atlantic salmon net pens. In … Continue Reading

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. Canadian-based Cooke Aquaculture (Cooke) filed a lawsuit in Clallam County Superior Court on January 4, 2018, claiming that the decision to terminate the lease was … Continue Reading

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 into Puget Sound, led to calls by members of the Washington State legislature to ban Atlantic salmon net pen farming. Canadian-based Cooke Aquaculture owns the net … Continue Reading

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 response to an August 2017 incident where 100,000 fish escaped into Puget Sound from a net-pen farm. The Washington Department of Ecology defines Net-Pen finfish aquaculture … Continue Reading

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 the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review.  If and when this rule is released and finalized, the rule will set the … Continue Reading
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