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Washington state lawmakers’ pleas for Cooke steelhead pens fell on deaf ears

'It was abundantly clear to us during our tour that these are not your grandfather’s fish farm operations' -- letter to Washington state land commissioner Hilary Franz from 10 lawmakers

By Jason Huffman | Nov. 18, 2022 14:13 GMT
A large group of Washington state lawmakers on a tour of a Cooke steelhead farm in July 2022. A number of industry executives at Aquaculture America 2023 expressed frustration over the silence of high-level science authorities on the ban of finfish farming in WA waters. Photograph courtesy of Cooke.
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