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November 14 - 2024
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Conservation group to sue aquaculture company for allegedly polluting Maine waters
Maine Public
A national environmental group announced Thursday it intends to sue an aquaculture giant for allegedly polluting Maine waters.The Conservation Law Foundation said Cooke Aquaculture's Downeast salmon pens release fish feces, fish food, and pieces of dead salmon, polluting the water column and the ocean floor. By Ari Snider
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November 22 - 2022
EN North America
Washington ban makes entire US West Coast off-limits for net-pen finfish aquaculture
Seafood Source
An executive order issued by the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on 18 November, 2022, will prohibit any net-pen aquaculture on state-owned aquatic lands. The move came in response to the 2017 collapse of a net-pen farm operated by Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada-based Cooke Aquaculture that led to the escape of hundreds of thousands of Atlantic salmon. It does not apply to hatcheries that have an environmental restoration mission or that boost native stocks.
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June 24 - 2022
EN North America
Canada Will Phase Out BC Open Water Net Pens
Wild Fish Conservancy
In a press release this week, Canada’s Minister of Fisheries Joyce Murray announced that the Canadian government is taking bold action to phase out all open net pen aquaculture in British Columbia’s coastal waters.
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