Still recovering from escaped Atlantic salmon, Cooke Aquaculture now wants to farm steelhead

August 5, 2019August 8, 2019moldychum

In August 2017, at least 263,000 farmed Atlantic salmon escaped from Cooke Aquaculture’s net pens at Washington’s Cypress Island into Washington state waters. The incident …

Cooke eyes raising steelhead instead of Atlantic salmon in WA state net pens

July 16, 2019July 19, 2019moldychum

After their disastrous Atlantic salmon net pen implosion and the resulting termination of their net pen leases, Cooke Aquaculture has a new plan to continue …