LONE TREE POINT, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community — The net was alive and thrashing with pink salmon as fishers drew their catch up on the beach. This place has been a beloved fishing spot on the ...

(CN) — Aquatic wildlife conservationists are celebrating in the Pacific Northwest after Washington state Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz issued an executive order Friday ending commercial ...

Washington’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has banned the use of commercial net pens in state waters, but Washington ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington banned fish-farming with net pens in state waters on Friday, citing danger to struggling native salmon. Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz issued an executive order ...

A showdown is coming over net-pen aquaculture in Washington, with a state board poised to vote on whether to terminate the industry. The Board of Natural Resources on Tuesday will consider a rule ...

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND — Standing along the shores of Puget Sound at Fort Ward on Friday, former Bainbridge Islander and Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz announced an executive order that will ...

Oregon is the only West Coast state that still allows commercial fish farming with net pens in ocean and estuary waters. Under a bill introduced to a House committee Wednesday, the practice would be ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A ban on commercial net pen fish farming passed through the state Board of Natural Resources on Tuesday morning. This means "Commercial finfish net pen aquaculture" (CFNPA) operations ...

Milwaukee is home to 80,000 new residents thanks to temporary housing installed along the Milwaukee River by a local club. The recent arrivals are chinook salmon and their hosts are members of the ...