Fish Farm Failure: How a Salmon Disaster Unfolded in the San Juan Islands
In August 2017, a net-pen collapse at Cooke Aquaculture’s fish farm near Cypress Island released over 260,000 non-native Atlantic salmon into Puget Sound. This incident led to an investigation by state agencies, including the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, and prompted local fishermen to catch the escaped fish. Authorities reported that the fish farm’s … Read more



