On Wednesday the National Fisheries Institute (NFI) along with fisheries scientists, resource economists, veterinary medicine professionals, and other industry stakeholders called Washington state Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz's executive order to ban all finfish farming on state-owned aquatic lands an "unsupported exercise of government power that does not demonstrate thoughtful, constructive thinking and fairness."
In a letter Wednesday to Franz, the group said her abrupt executive order "fails to cite any credible, peer-reviewed analysis or analyses" and "fails to refer to an independent third-party."
