BAINBRIDGE ISLAND — With some of the last net pens floating behind her in Rich Passage, state Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz announced an executive order Friday morning to end commercial ...

Aquaculture is critical for feeding a hungry planet, but it does not need to be as reckless as it is today.

Washington state waters will no longer be home to commercial finfish net pen aquaculture,the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said Friday. Commissioner of Public Lands Hillary ...

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 ...

Last year, Washington officials ended commercial fish farming in state waters — in the long wake of a massive spill of nonnative Atlantic salmon into the Salish Sea, the inland marine waters of ...

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 ...