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Tag Archives: Sustainable Farms

Scrapping the Alaska king salmon troll season will hurt fishing communities without helping our endangered southern resident orcas

Excerpt: A lawsuit that seeks to halt the southeast Alas­ka com­mer­cial salmon troll fish­ery has become a big topic of discussion in the Last Frontier and in the PNW's fishing communities after a federal court judge recently ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, putting the upcoming fishing season in jeopardy.
Published at:12:30 PM on Tuesday, May 30th, 2023
Written by:Diane Jones
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Net pen aquaculture in Washington’s waters must end, Commissioner Hilary Franz orders

Excerpt: "We, as a state, are going to do better by our salmon, by our fishermen, and by our tribes," said Washington's Commissioner of Public Lands. "Commercial finfish farming is detrimental to salmon, orcas and marine habitat."
Published at:9:30 AM on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022
Written by:Diane Jones
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Washington State squares off at the Supreme Court with tribes, feds over culvert removal

Excerpt: Tomorrow morning, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a case that concerns treaty-granted tribal fishing rights and barriers to the exercise of those treaty rights... specifically, culverts that impede salmon from spawning in Northwest streams and rivers.
Published at:6:31 PM on Tuesday, April 17th, 2018
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Victory! Legislature sends Governor Inslee bill banning invasive fish farms from our waters

Excerpt: A bill that would phase out the farming of invasive, nonnative fish in Washington's waters and entirely prohibit it in the future has left the Legislature tonight and is on its way to Governor Inslee following a successful vote in the Senate.
Published at:8:27 PM on Friday, March 2nd, 2018
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Victory! State Senate passes bill to ban invasive fish net pens in Washington waters

Excerpt: The Washington State Senate has passed a bill that will safeguard our waters and aquatic lands for future generations. Sponsored by Kevin Ranker, 2SSB 6086 would prohibit the Department of Natural Resources from signing or renewing any leases that would allow the farming of invasive, nonnative Atlantic salmon.
Published at:1:39 PM on Thursday, February 8th, 2018
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Documentary Review: “The Breach” sounds the alarm about threats to our wild salmon

Excerpt: Read NPI's impressions of Mark Titus' 2015 film, which explains why wild salmon are disappearing from the waters of the Pacific Northwest.
Published at:12:09 PM on Sunday, November 12th, 2017
Written by:Theresa Curry Almuti
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Washington State must protect its waters and native salmon by banishing fish farms

Excerpt: NPI believes that we must act as a state to protect our salmon and our heritage from further destruction. We need more than a moratorium on fish farms in our waters: we need to follow Alaska's example and institute a total ban.
Published at:3:40 PM on Friday, September 8th, 2017
Written by:Diane Jones
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Department of Ecology, oyster growers cancel plans to spray neurotoxin in Willapa Bay

Excerpt: Hal­lelu­jah! Via a news release sent by the Depart­ment of Ecol­o­gy: Fol­low­ing dis­cus­sions over the week­end, the Depart­ment of Ecol­o­gy and the Willa­pa-Grays Har­bor Oys­ter Grow­ers Asso­ci­a­tion (WGHOGA) have agreed to can­cel a recent­ly issued per­mit for use of imi­da­clo­prid to con­trol bur­row­ing shrimp. “One of our agency’s goals is to reduce tox­i­cs in our […]
Published at:9:37 PM on Sunday, May 3rd, 2015
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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