Conservation Group Sues Cooke Aquaculture Over Salmon Release

Escaped fish have been found as far south as Puget Sound and as far north as Vancouver Island.by Katie HerzogAtlantic salmon/escape artist Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images
On Monday, the Wild Fish Conservancy announced the group is filing a lawsuit against Cooke Aquaculture Pacific, LLC, for violating the Clean Water Act. Cooke Aquaculture, the group argues, was responsible for the inadvertent release of hundreds of thousands of farmed Atlantic salmon into public waters, which could potentially ou