Commercial net-pen aquaculture is history in Washington. The state Board of Natural Resources on Tuesday adopted a rule banning the industry. The ban is a victory for outgoing Commissioner of Public ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - A bill that would ban commercial net pens used for fish farms in Washington State is now being considered in Olympia. It comes after lastAugust's massive spill in the Puget Sound ...

Olympia lawmakers voted to ban Atlantic salmon net pens from Puget Sound. Friday the state Senate approved the bill. It now goes to Governor Jay Inslee’s desk for his signature. Inslee spoke in favor ...

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County commissioners heard about proposed restrictions on fish farming as they moved closer to a shoreline master program update that creates a method for evaluating net pen ...

Oregon is the only West Coast state that still allows commercial fish farming with net pens in ocean and estuary waters. Under a bill introduced to a House committee Wednesday, the practice would be ...

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PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners were flooded with public testimony on net pens, climate change and other parts of the draft shoreline plan Tuesday. Seventeen of 28 speakers objected to ...

Efforts to ban net pen fish farming in the Puget Sound have ramped up in the wake of the accidental release of thousands of non-native Atlantic salmon. On Saturday, a net pen belonging to Cooke ...

House Bill 2260 would prevent Washington from approving new leases for net pens in the Puget Sound and not renew existing leases when they expire. House Bill 2418 would delay the construction of any ...

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND – After a structural failure at Cooke Aquaculture’s Cypress Island fish farming facility last month, thousands of the site’s 305,000 non-native Atlantic salmon streamed out into ...

Senate Bill 6086, which would lead to the phasing out of net pens for Atlantic salmon in Washington waters, passed 35-12. Among Spokane-area senators, Republican Mike Baumgartner and Democrat Andy ...