Opinion

NFI letter: Washington lands commissioner's finfish ban is an 'unsupported exercise of government power'

'We believe that a third-party review is needed to show that the order has no basis in scientific fact and is, in essence, an unsupported action by a government agency,' the letter said.

NFI and others in the seafood industry are asking Washington Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz to conduct an independent review of her executive order to ban netpen finfish farming in state-owned aquatic lands.
NFI and others in the seafood industry are asking Washington Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz to conduct an independent review of her executive order to ban netpen finfish farming in state-owned aquatic lands.Photo: Hilary Franz
Published 7 December 2022, 22:46Updated 8 December 2022, 14:04
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