The decision not to renew the leases stems from a 2017 spill of tens of thousands of nonnative Atlantic salmon after a pen break at Cypress Island, near the San Juan Islands.
The New Brunswick, Canada-based company vastly underreported the number of escaped fish, a state investigation found.
An inspection revealed Cooke’s Port Angeles Atlantic salmon farm wasn’t adequately maintained and was outside its leasehold boundaries. Cooke challenged the decision in court, but a Thurston County Superior Court judge ruled in favor of state regulators. Cook lost its lease to operate the salmon farm.
Cooke pivoted to raise steelhead but Department of Natural Resources officials determined that Cooke’s operations could pose risks to the state’s environment, according to the letters. “Today, we are returning our waters to wild fish and natural habitat,” Hilary Franz, the state public lands commissioner, said in a statement. “Today, we are freeing Puget Sound of enclosed cages.”
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