An Environmental Group Files Intent to Sue a Salmon Farmer for Pollution

An Environmental Group Files Intent to Sue a Salmon Farmer for Pollution

Source: Associated Press

11/16/2024

An Environmental Group Files Intent to Sue a Salmon Farmer for Pollution

Credit: AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty

An environmental organization has served a notice of intent to sue one of the world's largest aquaculture companies for violations of the Clean Water Act in Maine — allegations the fish farmer ardently denies.

Conservation Law Foundation contends Cooke Aquaculture's salmon farming sites off the Maine coast pollute the state's bays, where lobster fishing is a key industry. The farms consist of pens in the ocean where Atlantic salmon are grown for use as food.

The Boston-based law foundation stated in its Thursday notice that it was suing Cooke in a Maine federal court to bring the company into compliance. It states that the company discharges pollutants such as fish feces, dead fish and trash into Maine's coastal waters.

Salmon, Atlantic

Continue...

News Id		Source	Stamp	country
3251	Fish Biologist Proves That Disney Lied to Children With ‘Finding Nemo’	insidethemagic	2022-02-15	US
3252	More fish than previously thought can shoot down prey by spitting water at them	news9live	2022-02-16	CA
3253	Death and decimation: Whitby devastated by declining marine life	theguardian	2022-02-10	UK
3254	Fishing image wins marine conservation photography prize	cnn	2022-02-11	VE
3255	Annual quest for ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ fish lasts 35 minutes	thealpenanews	2022-02-07	US
3256	Facebook to begin laying cable through fishing grounds off Nova Scotia	magnoliastatelive	2022-02-07	US
3257	Red snapper poaching claims prompt ban of Mexican fishing boats from U.S. ports on Gulf of Mexico	tampabay	2022-02-08	US
3258	Indian police files case against a black marlin fish after it attacks and kills fisherman	malaymail	2022-02-09	IN
3259	Chile’s mysterious fish death phenomenon is perplexing scientists	euronews	2022-02-22	CL
3260	Tŝilhqot’in government ‘outraged’ by Alaskan commercial harvest of salmon bound for B.C.	Global News	2022-02-14	CA
3261	"Nothing, there’s nothing": Senegal’s plummeting fish stocks drive migrant surge to Europe	euronews	2022-02-11	SN
3262	Oneida County woman arrested for animal cruelty after killing shared pet fish	cbs6albany	2022-02-11	US
3263	Chinese Fishing Fleet Wreaks Havoc in Latin American Oceans	dialogo-americas.com	2022-02-09	EC
3264	Simcoe man “learned the expensive way” that ice fishing season is off to a slow start	fishncanada	2022-01-12	CA
3265	North Carolina man breaks 60-year-old fishing record	Fox News	2022-02-16	US
3266	California man caught with live, endangered sturgeon stuffed in trunk of car	Fox News	2022-02-17	US
3267	Охотоморская путина: вылов минтая вырос до 341 тыс. тонн	Рыболовство	2022-02-16	RU
3268	Scientists discover extremely rare baby ghost shark: ‘We just don’t see them’	independent	2022-02-16	UK
3269	Plans in place to support healthy Black Ash Creek trout population	Collingwood Today	2019-04-11	CA
3270	Scientists Race to Gather Winter Data on Warming Great Lakes	Associated Press	2022-02-03	US
3271	Mexico Defends Fishermen as US Poaching Restrictions Begin	Associated Press	2022-02-08	US
3272	В Мурманской области вырос объем выращивания лососевых видов рыб	Рыболовство	2022-02-11	RU
3273	Учёные не знают, куда исчезает этот вид мусора в океане	aif	2022-02-10	RU
3274	Nearly 250K fish escape from Washington fish hatchery	Fox News	2022-02-07	US
3275	Nearly Extinct ‘Iconic’ Fish Now Growing To Impressive Size in New York	Hudson	2022-02-04	US

130 of [137 - pages.]