In addition to our efforts to protect Puget Sound from commercial salmon farms in Washington state, Our Sound, Our Salmon founder Wild Fish Conservancy is a proud member of the Global Salmon Farming Resistance, an international coalition of groups working around the world to advocate for an end to open water net pen aquaculture over concerns for the harmful impacts on local ecosystems and communities.
Similar to Cooke Aquaculture's takeover of Washington state's net pen industry in 2016, the company recently moved to acquire the Tasmanian salmon producer Tassal, and is also working to take over and expand net pen operations in Iceland, Scotland, and other regions around the world.
Even as Washington state moves ever closer toward removing Cooke and this industry from Puget Sound, WFC is now working to support our colleagues in Tasmania and around the world to help raise awareness of Cooke's history of environmental harm and violations in regions like Puget Sound.
Read the article that went live this week in Australia to learn more about this global effort to protect Tasmanian public waters from this dangerous industry.
Stay tuned for more updates on this collaborative work and information on how you can support this global effort to protect oceans and ecosystems worldwide from this dangerous industry.
