January 8, 2025
Washington State bans net-pen aquaculture
A Cooke Aquaculture salmon net pen in Puget Sound collapsed on Aug. 20, 2017. Wild Fish Conservancy photo
Commercial finfish pen aquaculture appears finished in Washington State, after the Board of Natural Resources voted Jan. 7 to ban the industry.
The vote was a victory for Washington State’s Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz, who pushed for strict limitations on leasing state tidelands for aquaculture.
“Avoiding impacts is our legal and moral responsibility,” Franz said, according to the Seattle Times. “I ask why did we ever allow this…I am asking the board to learn from the past and the…
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