Fish farm has 60 days to fix net pens outside Seattle as 1 million Atlantic salmon move in

Fish farm has 60 days to fix net pens outside Seattle as 1 million Atlantic salmon move in

Source: seattletimes

10/9/2017

Just a week after the state Department of Fish and Wildlife approved shipment of 1 million more farmed Atlantic salmon to Cooke Aquaculture’s fish farm near Bainbridge Island, another state agency says it has found a hole in the nets and corrosion in the structure of the facility.

The Department of Natural Resources on Monday notified Cooke that it is in default of the terms of its lease at its Rich Passage operation. It ordered the facility repaired within 60 days, or the department may cancel the company’s lease for the facility, which operates over public bed lands.

Cooke will proceed with the stocking the fish, company spokeswoman Nell Halse said in an emailed statement. “We are meeting all permit requirements.”
portion of the same company’s Cypress Island fish farm collapsed on Aug. 19, releasing tens of thousands of farmed Atlantic salmon into the Salish Sea between Anacortes and the San Juan islands.

Salmon, Atlantic

Continue...

News Id		Source	Stamp	country
3676	Расселение нового в Донском бассейне вида рыб - солнечного окуня - обнаружили ученые АзНИИРХ	Пресс-служба Азово-Черноморского филиала ВНИРО	2019-11-18	RU
3677	В Беринговом море обнаружен новый вид морских рыб	Пресс-служба ВНИРО	2021-06-28	RU
3678	FWC finds no evidence of pelican abuse at Skyway Fishing Pier	islander	2021-06-10	US
3679	Weird ‘Living Fossil’ Fish Lives 100 Years, Pregnant For 5	Associated Press	2021-06-17	US
3680	Testicle-eating pacu fish found lurking in European waters	perthnow	2021-06-18	AU
3681	What’s killing the fish in Guatemala’s La Pasion River?	cgtn	2015-09-27	GT
3682	Legislator wants to ban fish farming in Great Lakes	michigan radio	2015-09-24	US
3683	Scientists probe effects of unusual warming pattern in fish-rich Bering Sea	adn	2015-09-28	RU
3684	Salmon poachers thwarted by off-duty fish and wildlife officers	CBC News	2015-09-10	CA
3685	Environmentalists: GE miscounted PCBs in fish	lohud	2015-09-05	CA
3686	'Chaos' as P.E.I. boy, 10, hooks possible record-setting tuna	CTVNews	2015-04-26	CA
3687	Теория, практика и перспективы. Американские проекты погружающихся самолетов	topwar	2021-06-25	US
3688	It's fishing rodeo season. Here's a look at Louisiana events for anglers of all ages	theadvocate	2021-06-05	US
3689	Amazing video shows captain landing 7ft fish while on tiny paddle board	metro	2015-07-30	UK
3690	River Tyne sees record sea trout and salmon numbers	BBC News	2015-08-16	UK
3691	This fish ‘snoozes’ for years without food or water	futurity	2015-08-10	SG
3692	Northland man lands giant tuna with his bare hands		2015-08-10	NZ
3693	Snakehead Fish Found In Upper Potomac River For First Time	wamu	2015-08-04	US
3694	NSU Researcher Discovers New Species Of Fish	miami.cbslocal	2015-08-05	US
3695	We projected a fisheries collapse by 2048 — now there is reason for hope	thehill	2021-06-08	CA
3696	Lake Erie fish safe to eat despite harmful algal blooms, reports Division of Wildlife - Outdoors Notes	cleveland	2015-07-30	US
3697	Great Lakes crustacean can survive being eaten by goby	record-eagle	2015-07-22	CA
3698	Heat forces Oregon hatchery workers to truck salmon 100 miles	oregonlive	2015-07-21	US
3699	Loch Ness hunter: Have we been catfished by Nessie?	wfla	2015-07-17	UK
3700	Feds deny petition from environmentalists to ban cod fishing	concord monitor	2015-07-16	UK

147 of [218 - pages.]