Commercial net-pen aquaculture is history in Washington. The state Board of Natural Resources on Tuesday adopted a rule banning the industry. The ban is a victory for outgoing Commissioner of Public ...

In the 42-page complaint, Cooke also seeks a preliminary injunction to secure a reasonable period of time to safely harvest the 300,000 fish in the farms and remove the equipment at the sites. The ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s recently proposed legislation lifting a ban on certain types of commercial fish farming is receiving some pushback in the Alaska Legislature. In a ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (CN) — Commercial net pen fish farming is no longer permitted in Washington state-owned waters after a state board approved the ban Tuesday afternoon. The ban specifically targets ...

Oregon is the only West Coast state that still allows commercial fish farming with net pens in ocean and estuary waters. Under a bill introduced to a House committee Wednesday, the practice would be ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — If Michigan allows commercial fish farming in the Great Lakes, the industry should begin on a small and experimental scale to enable careful monitoring of the effect on the ...

The company behind a massive spill of Atlantic salmon in 2017 has thrown in the towel on its efforts to keep farming fish at two sites in Puget Sound. Cooke Aquaculture withdrew its appeal Friday of a ...

A showdown is coming over net-pen aquaculture in Washington, with a state board poised to vote on whether to terminate the industry. The Board of Natural Resources on Tuesday will consider a rule ...

One of Ocean Era's geodesic cages floats in the water near Kona, Hawaii. Ocean Era hopes to launch a similar test project near Sarasota, Florida. (Photo by Rick Decker, courtesy of Ocean Era) The ...