Group Files Lawsuit to Halt Commercial Salmon Farming in Puget Sound
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Associated Press] By Martha Bellisle - November 5, 2015
The Wild Fish Conservancy filed a lawsuit Wednesday against federal environmental and fisheries managers for allowing commercial salmon farms in Puget Sound.
The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle says that infectious viruses in salmon farms are threatening wild fish in the region.
The National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concluded in 2011 that commercial salmon farms are not likely to have an adverse effect on ...
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