GIG HARBOR, Wash. — A state Court of Appeals has ruled against a proposed Kitsap Peninsula geoduck farm, handing a citizens' group a key victory.
The court this week affirmed a decision by a state hearings board to deny an aquaculture permit for the 5-acre site along Henderson Bay near Gig Harbor.
The Kitsap Sun says (http://bit.ly/2fMnKVD ) the appeals court found the proposed farm would harm eelgrass, a fragile marine plant.
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