The Washington Department of Ecology announced this week it will be holding public hearings on Cooke's draft permits to switch from farming Atlantic salmon to rainbow trout for four existing netpens in the state.
The permits are for Cooke's Clam Bay, Fort Ward, Orchard Rocks and Hope Island netpens.
Washington state has already held one public comment period where citizens were able to review Cooke's permit applications to switch species.
