Mix of Net Pen Bills Takes Aim at Non-Native Salmon
SEFOODNEWS.COM [Peninsula Daily News] By Mark Swanson - February 6, 2018
OLYMPIA — State Sen. Kevin Van De Wege is pushing ahead with Senate Bill 6086 regarding fish net pens following a damning report by three state agencies regarding the escape of Atlantic salmon in a net pen failure last August at a salmon farm in Puget Sound.
The state Department of Natural Resources alleged last week that the Cypress Island net pen failure occurred when its owner, Cooke Aquaculture, allowed the nets to become fouled with mussels and plant life ...
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