Cooke appeals WA decision to end fish farm leases
Anyone following the termination of aquaculture leases news in Puget Sound probably had Cooke filing suit on their bingo card. Cooke Aquaculture Pacific has filed …
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GOODBYE PUGET SOUND NET PENS!!!!
Grassroots advocacy at work and a huge victory for wild fish. November 15th, 2022— Late last night, in a groundbreaking and historic announcement, Washington Department …
WA Supreme Court OKs Cooke Aquaculture “Steelhead” Farming
Booooooooo! The Washington state Supreme Court unanimously upheld permits that will allow Cooke Aquaculture Pacific to farm steelhead trout in net pens in Washington waters. …
Tribal Members Say Steelhead Net Pens Violate Fishing Rights
The Swinomish Tribe has joined as a friend of the court in a lawsuit to block permits that allow steelhead farming in a commercial net-pen …
This Just In From Planet Bullshit
Despite ongoing litigation and timing questions regarding the lease for the facility, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has granted fish farming giant Cooke …
Otters Cause 8,000 Salmon Escape
Authorities are attempting to recapture around 8,000 fish from a Cooke Aquaculture facility at Long Pond, Newfoundland, Canada. The escape was caused by otters that …
Washington agency OKs Cooke’s steelhead plans…
The Washington Department of Ecology has revised four water quality permits to allow steelhead trout to be raised in Cooke Aquaculture’s marine net pens, instead …
Taking Back Puget Sound
Dylan Tomine lays out the threat of Puget Sound’s net opens, the fight to get them out, and a bold new plan to take back …
Washington Should Deny Clean Water Permits for Commercial Fish Farms in Puget Sound
By Bridget Moran In August 2017 more than 250,000 non-native and disease-riddled Atlantic salmon were spilled into Puget Sound. Canadian company Cooke Aquaculture’s Cypress Island …
Cooke CEO praises Trump’s executive order to ramp up aquaculture
If life was a Harry Potter movie this would be like Lucius Malfoy praising Lord Voldermort for ramping up snake production. Glenn Cooke, CEO of …