NWAA Challenges Anti-Aquaculture Groups Over Steelhead Permit

The Northwest Aquaculture Alliance (NWAA), an organization whose mission is to promote the water farming of nutritious, affordable aquatic foods, and promote a robust Blue Economy in Washington state and the region, would like to challenge your August 6, 2021, press release regarding the permit that the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has granted to Cooke Aquaculture Pacific.

Blue Ocean Mariculture CEO, Dick Jones, Joins Northwest Aquaculture Alliance Board of Directors

Kona, Hawaii-based Blue Ocean Mariculture is, at present, the only open-ocean finfish aquaculture producer operating within the United States. It is also the only fish farm operating in the USA to be certified by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) as environmentally and socially responsible.

Northwest Aquaculture Alliance Applauds the Washington Department of Ecology For Giving the Green Light to Cooke Aquaculture Pacific to Raise Steelhead

The Northwest Aquaculture Alliance, a leading voice for responsible aquaculture in the Pacific Northwest, applauds the State of Washington Department of Ecology for making a science-based decision in approving the permit modification application from Cooke Aquaculture Pacific.

Pacific Seafood Group Executive Joins Northwest Aquaculture Alliance Board of Directors

The Northwest Aquaculture Alliance (NWAA) has appointed Svein Wiese-Hansen, Business Manager for Farmed Finfish and Shellfish Aquaculture for the Clackamas, Oregon-based Pacific Seafood Group, to its Board of Directors.

Aquaculture Alliance Commends WDFW

The Northwest Aquaculture Alliance (NWAA) calls the approval by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) of the Cooke Aquaculture Pacific and Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe application to grow rainbow trout (steelhead) in Cooke’s existing marine net pens in Puget Sound, “a vital step in growing the ‘Blue Economy’ in the region and United States,” since most seafood consumed here is imported.