Atlantic Salmon Net Pen Collapse: Cooke Aquaculture Agrees To Pay Wild Fish Conservancy $2.75 Million In Settlement

An aquaculture company in Puget Sound has agreed in a settlement with the Wild Fish Conservancy to pay a $2.75 million penalty for a collapse of one of its net pens near Cypress Island in 2016. More than 260,000 non-native Atlantic salmon escaped due to the collapse.