All Washington Department of Natural Resources articles

  • NWAA
    News

    Washington State sued for fish farming ban

    2025-03-04T10:11:00Z

    Northwest Aquaculture Alliance files lawsuit insisting commercial net pen ban is unlawful

  • Hope Island
    News

    Cooke launches appeal

    2022-12-16T07:54:00Z

    Seafood company appeals lease denial of Washington trout farms

  • Washington net pen aquaculture
    News

    Washington aqua review

    2022-12-09T07:42:00Z

    Stakeholders write to Commissioner to express their concern at the ending of commercial finfish aquaculture in the US state

  • Cooke Aquaculture
    News

    DNR ban irks Cooke

    2022-11-21T11:19:00Z

    Washington decision makers have “opted to ignore science” by prohibiting net pen aquaculture in state-owned areas, says Cooke Aquaculture Pacific

  • Sockeye salmon
    News

    State ends fish farming

    2022-11-21T10:39:00Z

    Commissioner Hilary Franz stops net pen aquaculture in Washington’s waters to protect native wild salmon

  • Cooke Aquaculture
    News

    Call for Cooke-DNR review

    2022-11-17T10:10:00Z

    US seafood industry trade groups want an independent review of Washington DNR’s decision to not renew two aquaculture licences