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Washington reportedly willing to settle with tribe hurt by aquaculture ban

The tribe's lawsuit claims that Franz's action is an 'overreach' of her authority as her role as commissioner is to oversee a state agency in the execution of laws, not to create them

By Liza Mayer | Jan. 26, 2023 18:55 GMT
A superior court judge in the US state of Washington on Oct. 20, 2023, ruled that public lands commissioner Hilary Franz's order to ban commercial net pen aquaculture on state-owned aquatic lands has no legal weight. Photo: Washington Department of Natural Resources.
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