Oregon Considers Following in Washington’s Footsteps with Aquaculture Legislation
The Oregon Legislature is considering a bill that would ban open water finfish aquaculture, a move some say is a preemptive strike based on Washington’s ban last year.
House Bill 2965 sets requirements for raising fish as food for humans and creates a related fund for managing those efforts.
The bill is sponsored by Rep. Mark Gamba, a Democrat from the Portland metropolitan area and co-sponsored by other Democrats. The first hearing on the bill was held on Wednesday this week, in the Committee on Agriculture, Land Use...
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