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Cooke Aquaculture fined $332k for 2017 net pen breach

Cooke originally lost more than 250,000 salmon from its US, Washington state farm in August 2017, blaming high tides, currents and a solar eclipse for the net pen's failure

By Undercurrent News | April 30, 2019 10:32 BST
Cooke Aquaculture Pacific's collapsed net-pen farm near Cypress Island, Washington
Cooke Aquaculture Pacific's collapsed net-pen farm near Cypress Island, Washington. Source: Washington Department of Natural Resources
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Canadian fish-farming giants Cooke Aquaculture will be forced to pay a $332,000 fine after a legal settlement ruled the firm was responsible for the escape of 250,000 salmon from a US net pen in August 2017, reports CBC News.  [...]

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