Washington State’s Department of Natural Resources terminated the lease for Cooke Aquaculture's Cypress Island fish farm Feb. 3, the site where one net pen collapsed last August, reports Kuow.org.
State Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz said an investigation found multiple violations of the lease terms.
"Given the number of violations of Cooke's lease at Cypress and the refusal to be open and honest about their operations, I do not have any other choice but to terminate the lease,” Franz said.
