Cooke Aquaculture Pacific said Tuesday there were holes in Washington state's multi-agency draft report on the company's Cypress Island net pen collapse last year. However, the state is standing firm in its report findings.
“Cooke Aquaculture was shut out of this investigation by the state agencies,” said Cooke Public Relations VP Joel Richardson. “As a result, investigators with limited experience in aquaculture or net-pen operations have produced an inaccurate and misleading document that appears to be intended to fuel the push by aquaculture opponents to put Cooke out of business in Washington state.”
