Fish Spill: Gov. Inslee Issues ‘Emergency’ Ban on New Pens After Farm Spills Atlantic Salmon into the Pacific

(EnviroNews Washington) — Olympia, Washington — On August 19, 2017, at least several thousand farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) escaped from a net pen off Cypress Island in Washington’s Puget Sound. In response, Washington Governor Jay Inslee has issued a moratorium, directing the Department of Ecology to put…