Northwest Aquaculture Alliance

Northwest Aquaculture Alliance Responds to the 9-0 Supreme Court Opinion Upholding Cooke Aquaculture Pacific’s Permit to Farm Steelhead: “A Victory for Science”

January 17, 2022 Northwest Aquaculture Alliance

In a 9-0 opinion, the Washington Supreme Court today upheld Cooke Aquaculture Pacific’s permit to change species from Atlantic salmon to steelhead in Puget Sound, rejecting a challenge by the Wild Fish Conservancy and other groups to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (WDFW) 2019 approval of the company’s permit application, which was upheld by a lower court. …

Northwest Aquaculture Alliance Adds Alaska Seafood Industry Veteran, Jeff Hetrick, to its Board of Directors

December 20, 2021 Northwest Aquaculture Alliance

Hetrick, the current Director of the Alutiiq Pride Marine Institute (APMI) in Seward, Alaska, previously conducted salmon enhancement projects for private non-profits and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. He is a founding member of the Alaska Shellfish Growers Association and operated an oyster farm in Prince William Sound prior to the Exxon Valdez oil spill. …

NWAA Issues Statement on the AQUAA Act

November 9, 2021 Northwest Aquaculture Alliance

The Northwest Aquaculture Alliance (NWAA), an organization that represents aquaculture producers and suppliers in the US Pacific region, commends the work of US Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS), Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Marco Rubio (R-FL), for introducing S 3100, the bill known as the Advancing the Quality and Understanding of American Aquaculture (AQUAA) Act to the United States Senate. …

Northwest Aquaculture Alliance Names New Executive Committee

August 26, 2021 Northwest Aquaculture Alliance 

The Northwest Aquaculture Alliance today announced the election of a new slate of officers. …

Kurt Grinnell Aquaculture Scholarship Foundation Announced

August 12, 2021 Northwest Aquaculture Alliance

The Northwest Aquaculture Alliance (NWAA) and the National Aquaculture Association (NAA) today announced the formation of the Kurt Grinnell Aquaculture Scholarship Foundation in memory of aquaculture leader and advocate, Kurt Frederick Grinnell, who lost his life in a tragic car accident in April 2021. …