Fish Farming

Nordic Reaffirms Commitment to $500 Million Belfast Fish Farm

January 3, 2024 Kay Neufeld, Press Herald

The rumor mill has been churning with speculation about the viability of Nordic Aquafarms, a proposed $500 million fish farm in Belfast facing relentless pushback. Is Nordic, the land-based aquaculture developer, planning to abandon the project? Is the company redesigning the project altogether to avoid future hurdles? …

B.C. Indigenous Leaders Lobby for Transition from Open-Net Salmon Farms

November 10, 2023 Dirk Meissner · The Canadian Press

Indigenous leaders from British Columbia have called on the federal government to stand by plans to transition away from open-net salmon farms, but an industry spokesperson has suggested the leaders were wading into political waters. …

NWAA Launches Grassroots Campaign Spotlighting Damage Done by DNR Commissioner Hilary Franz’s Political Decision to End Commercial Net Pen Fish Farming in Washington

March 20, 2023 Northwest Aquaculture Alliance

In a new campaign launched today, Washington fish farming workers, who have grown affordable, high-quality fish in Puget Sound for over 40 years, are speaking out for the first time to expose the pain they and their families have endured as the result of DNR Commissioner Hilary Franz’s unilateral and unscientific decision to ban fish farming in state waters. …

Statement Regarding Washington Department of Natural Resources Not Renewing Two Steelhead Fish Farming Leases in Puget Sound

November 18, 2022 Cooke

Cooke Aquaculture Pacific was very disappointed to receive the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) notices not to renew our two steelhead fish farming leases in Rich Passage off Bainbridge Island and off Hope Island in Skagit Bay. …

Washington Won’t Renew Leases For Puget Sound Fish Farms

November 15, 2022 Associated Press

The Washington state Department of Natural Resources said Monday it will not renew a fish-farming company’s last remaining leases on net pens in Puget Sound. …