A spokesperson for British Columbia salmon farmers says Washington state's ban on Atlantic salmon farming is an unfortunate response to a high-profile accident last summer in which thousands of fish escaped from an aquaculture operation there. Washington State senators voted Friday to no longer allow commercial net-pen aquaculture for Atlantic salmon in state waters. NDP and the federal government have told local fish farmers that all regulations are based on scientific research. The provincial government is currently reviewing open-net fish farm tenures in B.C. "We are aware of what is happening in Washington state, which does not affect the process we are following in B.C.," said Natural Resources Minister Doug Donaldson in a statement.

Source: CBC News March 04, 2018 00:00 UTC