Fishing for Solutions: Pacific Northwest Atlantic Salmon Fish Farming in the Wake of the Cooke Aquaculture Net-Pen Collapse
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Date
2020-07-01
Authors
Dougill, Ashleigh
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
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Publisher
University of Oregon School of Law
Abstract
On August 19, 2017, a net-pen fish farm belonging to international fishing company Cooke Aquaculture collapsed. The collapse released as many as 263,000 non-native Atlantic salmon into the Puget Sound, which significantly affected the surrounding environment and beyond. In the months that followed, the state of Washington and the province of British Columbia (B.C.)—the two most directly affected regions in the Pacific Northwest—responded both legally and politically. Although the collapse had similar ecological and environmental impacts on Washington and B.C., each region’s differing legal responses directly affected its ability to mitigate future fish spills.3
Description
28 pages
Keywords
First Nations, Environmental law, Natural resources, Acquaculture, Fishing rights
Citation
21 Or. Rev. Int'l L. 259