Washington State
Aquaculture
NOAA to identify new Aquaculture Opportunity Areas in Alaska
Science, indigenous knowledge, and collaboration with local communities are key to identifying these Aquaculture Opportunity Areas.
Aquaculture
Ocean Farm 1’s new fish transfer system from Nekkar subsidiary
SalMar Aker Ocean's offshore project will benefit from improved fish welfare during transfer, as Nekkar's recently-acquired subsidiary Techano Oceanlift completes delivery and commissioning of new live fish transfer system.
Aquaculture
Washington state partners with Blue Sustainable to explore on-land aquaculture
Hilary Franz signed a partnership agreement with Sustainable Blue to determine the implementation of sustainable finfish on-land aquaculture.
Politics
Washington fish farm workers united against the Hilary Franz ban
Hilary Franz, the Commissioner of Public Lands, made the "unilateral and unscientific" decision in November 2022 to ban aquaculture in state waters that Washington fish farm workers are now complaining about.
Aquaculture
Cooke will not have to harvest fish in Washington this week
Cooke will not yet have to collect its fish in...
Aquaculture
Cooke appeals denial of its Washington trout farming lease licenses
"Given the deplorable actions of Commissioner Franz and DNR, Cooke...
Aquaculture
NWAA also responds to Commissioner Franz: “You got it wrong”
We knew Cooke's response and also that of the Jamestown...
Aquaculture
Washington’s net pen aquaculture ban is an “ill-informed order”
"We urge the DNR to reverse this ill-informed order, follow...
Aquaculture
“The order is short-sighted”, Cooke after Washington’s ban on net pen aquaculture
Following Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz's statement announcing there...
Aquaculture
No more net pen aquaculture in Washington
What was on the horizon following the decision by the...
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NOAA to identify new Aquaculture Opportunity Areas in Alaska
Science, indigenous knowledge, and collaboration with local communities are key to identifying these Aquaculture Opportunity Areas.
Ocean Farm 1’s new fish transfer system from Nekkar subsidiary
SalMar Aker Ocean's offshore project will benefit from improved fish welfare during transfer, as Nekkar's recently-acquired subsidiary Techano Oceanlift completes delivery and commissioning of new live fish transfer system.
Scottish seafood industry still on hold for HPMA review
Discontent continues to grow among Scottish coastal communities over the government's proposed HPMA that would impose limitations on human activity such as fishing, aquaculture, and tourism in the country's waters
Challenging times for Norway but remains solid in seafood exports
Norway exported seafood products worth NOK 13.1 billion in May. These figures represent a 7% increase compared to the same month in 2022. These figures are attributed to the weakness of the NOK.
