A controversial plan to raise domesticated steelhead in net pens in Puget Sound faces a new legal challenge. Cooke Aquaculture wants to use its remaining leases with the state, despite the ban on net pen farming of non-native fish. So, it proposed switching from Atlantic salmon to sterilized native steelhead.

Environmental groups appeal lower court’s decision on Cooke Aquaculture’s net pen plan

Stories about the environment focused on the Pacific Northwest, with many from KNKX's Environment reporter, Bellamy Pailthorp.

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Environmental groups appeal lower court’s decision on Cooke Aquaculture’s net pen plan

Environmental groups appeal lower court’s decision on Cooke Aquaculture’s net pen plan