PPF Blog Post

Commissioner of Public Lands Revokes Cooke Aquaculture’s Lease in P.A.

Cooke Aquaculture’s Port Angeles fish operation inside the Ediz hook has been decertified. (Steve Ringman/The Seattle Times)

We wish to thank and commend Commissioner of Public Lands, Hilary Franz, for her decision to terminate Cooke Aquaculture Pacific’s Port Angeles net pen lease. Here’s a link to Linda Mapes’ article in The Seattle Times :
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/violations-prompt-washington-state-to-cancel-atlantic-salmon-farm-lease-at-port-angeles/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=article_left_1.1