Washington senator Kevin Ranker, a Democrat, isn’t satisfied with the banning of salmon farms off the coast of his US state

'We respectfully request the senate to postpone a vote until it has had an opportunity to consider the possibility of being required to pay Cooke for the confiscation of its investment'

The inspection report follows Washington state’s decision to terminate the company’s leases at five other pens

Canada’s Cooke will likely have to contend with further regulation of its salmon farms in the US Pacific northwest, as four competing bills move forward in state legislature

Never mind a critical vote by the Washington state Senate. Cooke Aquaculture isn’t giving up on its salmon aquaculture operations there without a fight

Canada’s Cooke will likely have to contend with further regulation of its salmon farms in the US Pacific northwest, as four competing bills move forward in state legislature

By Tom Seaman

Canada’s Cooke faces further action against its operations in the US Pacific northwest, after Washington State cancels the lease on a second salmon farm 

To mitigate any risk of colonization, the proposal would require all future salmon farming leases to be limited to the production of single-sex fish that cannot reproduce

Washington state officials have fined a unit of Canada's Cooke Aquaculture $332,000 for allegedly breaching water quality rules with the August 2017 salmon escape

Cooke Aquaculture says a report coming soon from the state of Washington on its investigation into the company's collapsed salmon farm is full of 'factual inaccuracies'