Northwest Aquaculture Alliance Applauds the Washington Department of Ecology For Giving the Green Light to Cooke Aquaculture Pacific to Raise Steelhead

The Northwest Aquaculture Alliance, a leading voice for responsible aquaculture in the Pacific Northwest, applauds the State of Washington Department of Ecology for making a science-based decision in approving the permit modification application from Cooke Aquaculture Pacific.

Cooke Aquaculture Plans for Washington State Trout Farm May Face Another Legal Challenge

November 30, 2020 Barb Dean-Simmons, The Packet

A plan by New Brunswick-based Cooke Aquaculture to raise steelhead trout in Puget Sound, Washington State, may face another legal challenge.

Cooke Aquaculture Subsidiary True North Seafood Bidding for US Seafood Processing Company

September 17, 2020 Barb Dean-Simmons, The Telegram

If things go according to plan True North Seafood, a subsidiary of Cooke Aquaculture of New Brunswick, will be expanding its presence in the United States with the purchase of Mariner Seafoods of New Bedford, Massachussetts.

Washington Department of Ecology is Accepting Comments on Draft Permits for Cooke Aquaculture

Cooke Aquaculture is going through the multi-agency permitting process to change the type of fish it raises in four Puget Sound net pens from non-native Atlantic salmon to native steelhead.

Conservation Group Challenging Cooke Aquaculture for Area Leases

July 20, 2020 Radio Pacific

As the 15-year leases held by Cooke Aquaculture to operate net pen facilities in Port Angeles Harbor and elsewhere in the Puget Sound approach their expiration date, a conservation group has formally submitted a proposal to lease those same sites themselves and restore them for public use.