A proposed commercial fish farm would be the first of its kind for the Strait of Juan de Fuca. If allowed, the fish farm would increase Atlantic salmon production in the Port Angeles area by 20 percent.
Because the farm would sit at the entrance and exit for fish in Puget Sound, some environmental activists are sounding their concerned about disease, especially in an area with endangered salmon already on the decline.
"We just restored the Elwha River and now you want to put a feedlot right outside the Elwha River. They don't need to put this into the open environment. They could put these fish on land, but they won't do it because it costs them money. They're being subsidized by the destruction of wild ecosystems," said Pete Knutson.
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