Cooke Aquaculture Pacific NPDES permit applications to raise steelhead

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Comment From: Sarah Lane

4/15/20 @ 1:37 AM
The Cooke Aquaculture Pacific NPDES permit to change species from Atlantic salmon to steelhead should be categorically rejected. Cooke has already proven themselves negligent, unable to take responsibility, and a danger to our precious and threate...↓
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Comment From: Linda Hill

4/15/20 @ 12:16 AM
Please do not approve the Cooke Aquaculture application. I would like to see these net pens removed for all time, and any new requests for aquatic land leases off the waters of Bainbridge Island denied. The pens are a blight on the landscape, and a d...↓
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Comment From: Kris Mokma

4/14/20 @ 2:54 PM
Absolutely to not allow Cooke to raise anything in our waters! They have shown lack of responsibility and carelessness. We, our wildlife have to pay for it. This is unacceptable! This behavior goes against this great state's well being. We already ha...↓
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Comment From: Larry Franks

4/14/20 @ 2:14 PM
My objection to netpen-rearing of salmonids is independent of whether we are considering Oncorhynchus tshawytscha or O. m. gairdneri: the impact to surrounding saltwater environment is unacceptable. 1,000's of pounds of feed in a limited space gene...↓
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Comment From: jean groesbeck

4/14/20 @ 1:51 PM
I feel like I am wasting my time commenting. The department seems more interested in money than protecting the water or Orca. This is an outrage. They are switching in hopes of being able to keep extending the lease. They are filling our waters w...↓
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Comment From: Ruchi Stair

4/14/20 @ 1:50 PM
While the farming of sterile female steelhead addresses the concern of escaped non-native fish species, it does not adequately address the contamination concerns of sea lice and the chemicals used to control sea lice infestations. According to Alask...↓
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Comment From: Polly Derr

4/14/20 @ 1:17 PM
It is a positive move to allow only those fish native to this immediate area. Hopefully no GMO's or enhanced additives will be added to or fed to the fish that could compromise our wild fish schools. Thanks for considering and carefully monitoring t...↓
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Comment From: Tim Sullivan

4/14/20 @ 12:41 PM
Greetings and thanks you for taking comments. My wife and I spend considerable time at Cypress Island, near the Cooke pen located in Deepwater bay. Over the years we have watched the water quality of the bay deteriorate with byproduct of the three p...↓
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Comment From: Gary Nutt

4/14/20 @ 7:16 AM
I support allowing Cooke Aquaculture to raise steelhead in Puget Sound net pens.
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