800,000 more farmed Atlantic salmon coming to Puget Sound before industry’s permits expire
The juvenile fish will be placed in pens this fall, more than a year after thousands of fish escaped from a Cooke Aquaculture facility.
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It may be a leisurely 7-day vacation cruise for passengers, but for the staff it begins with a race to load 147,500 pounds of fresh...
Bitter legal fight roils Harley Marine Services, a big player on Seattle waterfront
Accusations are flying in courtrooms on both coasts between the founder of Harley Marine Services and its biggest investor, the global investment firm Macquarie.
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Even after outcry over gory video, most B.C. fish plants breaking environmental rules
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North Pacific seafood exports hit by China’s tariffs
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Fish feel pain, scientists say. What does that mean for commercial fishing?
The idea that fish suffer runs counter to almost everything Americans have been taught about creatures of the sea. However, the accumulated research on fish...
Effort to let Anacortes-built trawler fish in U.S. waters runs aground
Caught in a political crossfire, another measure that would permit the $75 million factory trawler to work in U.S. waters has failed to pass the...
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