Fish pen proposal pitched in pre-application meeting in Port Angeles By Rob Ollikainen Peninsula Daily News PORT ANGELES — A seafood company that wants to put a new fish farm in the Strait of Juan de Fuca made its case … Continue reading
New article about proposed fish pen operation in PDN
Jefferson County and finfish aquaculture
Jefferson County recently updated their Shoreline Master Plan (SMP) and one of the most controversial issues was finfish aquaculture. Here are some links from their process. Department of Ecology Jefferson County Shoreline Master Program: Comprehensive Update Jefferson County Shoreline Master … Continue reading
2 new local newspaper articles about the proposed fish farm
From the Peninsula Daily News on October 22, 2011: New fish farm pitched off Clallam County waters From the Seattle Times on October 20, 2011: Plan for huge fish farm in Strait roils the waters
CCA-NOP meeting October 27th to discuss salmon/steelhead farming
CCA-NOP chapter tasked with developing a position on open water salmon aquaculture for the State Chapter’s consideration From John Albiso, chapter president: Our next chapter meeting will be Thursday 6:30PM Oct. 27th in Sequim. The subject will be Salmon Farms. The … Continue reading
Fish farm links provided by CCA-NOP
John Albiso, president of North Olympic Peninsula chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association, provided the following links on Facebook: CON: What is wrong with salmon farming? Salmon farming is not sustainable. It starves one ocean of fish, and pollutes another … Continue reading
NOAA technical memorandum from 2001 on salmon farming in the Pacific Northwest
Posted in the Comments section by user Erwin: NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-49: The Net-pen Salmon Farming Industry in the Pacific Northwest
Proposed salmon/steelhead fish pen operation near Lyre/Twin Rivers
Here is some information about the net pen operation proposed by Pacific Aquaculture Inc. If you are unfamiliar with net pen operations, I would urge you to start researching and asking questions NOW. The number one concern with these net … Continue reading
