Cooke Loses Legal Battle Against Washington DNR; Update on Removal of Equipment
Cooke Aquaculture Pacific has lost their legal battle against Washington’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
In mid-November 2022 the DNR announced that they had decided not to renew leases for Cooke Aquaculture Puget Sound fish farms. Commissioner of Public Lands HIlary Franz said that the state would also be putting an end to the practice of farming finfish in open sea net pens in Puget Sound. The DNR had initially given Cooke a month to wrap up steelhead farming in their last pens and...
To Read Full Story Login Below.