Puget Sound Partnership May Call for End to Atlantic Salmon Net Pens in Puget Sound
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Kitsap Sun] September 25, 2017
Puget Sound Partnership may take a stand on whether fish farms should be allowed to remain in Puget Sound waters.
The partnership is charged by the Legislature to oversee the restoration of the Puget Sound ecosystem. On Wednesday, the partnership's governing body, the Puget Sound Leadership Council, received an update on last month's collapse of a net pen containing 305,000 Atlantic salmon near Cypress Island in northern Puget Sound.
About two-thirds of the escaped fish have been accounted for so far, with about 146,000 found dead or alive in the damaged net pen and about 55,000 caught by fishermen. (All but ...
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