Major US salmon 生産者 罰金d $332K for farmed fish escape

SEATTLE (AP) - The largest U.S. 生産者 of farmed 大西洋 salmon was 罰金d $332,000 on Tuesday for 申し立てられた/疑わしい 違反s of Washington 明言する/公表する water 質 法律s after hundreds of thousands of invasive 大西洋 salmon were 解放(する)d last year into waters famed for their native salmon, 明言する/公表する 公式の/役人s said.

Cooke Aquaculture 太平洋の failed to adequately clean 逮捕するs 持つ/拘留するing farmed salmon, 主要な to a 逮捕する pen 失敗 last summer that 許すd the fish to swim away into Puget Sound, 公式の/役人s said in a 報告(する)/憶測 収集するd by the 明言する/公表する's departments of fish and 野性生物, 生態学 and natural 資源s.

The 逮捕するs failed because they were 過度に laden with mussels and other 海洋 organisms, the 報告(する)/憶測 said. That 増加するd the drag on the 逮捕するs from 潮の 現在のs and 圧倒的な their mooring system, the 報告(する)/憶測 said.

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017 file photo, Riley Starks of Lummi Island Wild shows three of the farm raised Atlantic salmon that were caught alongside four healthy Kings in Point Williams, Wash. State officials said Tuesday, Jan 30, 2018 that Cooke Aquaculture's failure to adequately clean nets holding farmed salmon led to the net pen failure last summer that released thousands of invasive Atlantic salmon into Puget Sound. (Dean Rutz/The Seattle Times via AP, File)

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017 とじ込み/提出する photo, Riley Starks of Lummi Island Wild shows three of the farm raised 大西洋 salmon that were caught と一緒に four healthy Kings in Point Williams, Wash. 明言する/公表する 公式の/役人s said Tuesday, Jan 30, 2018 that Cooke Aquaculture's 失敗 to adequately clean 逮捕するs 持つ/拘留するing farmed salmon led to the 逮捕する pen 失敗 last summer that 解放(する)d thousands of invasive 大西洋 salmon into Puget Sound. (Dean Rutz/The Seattle Times 経由で AP, とじ込み/提出する)

More than 110 トンs of mussels, clams and other 構成要素 had 蓄積するd on the 逮捕するs, 明言する/公表する Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz told reporters. "Cooke's 無視(する) 原因(となる)d this 災害 and recklessly put our 明言する/公表する's aquatic ecosystem at 危険," she said.

"Cooke knew they had a problem and they didn't 適切な 答える/応じる to を取り引きする the problem," said 明言する/公表する 生態学 Director Maria Bellon. The company "could have and should have 妨げるd this 出来事/事件," she 追加するd.

明言する/公表する 公式の/役人s also (刑事)被告 the company of underreporting how many fish escaped into Puget Sound on Aug. 19 and over 報告(する)/憶測ing how many fish were 逮捕(する)d.

Ahead of the 報告(する)/憶測's 解放(する), Cooke on Tuesday 解任するd the 明言する/公表する's 調査 as incomplete and 不確かの. The company said Cooke 従業員s under 明言する/公表する 監督 counted each fish as it was 回復するd.

Company 副/悪徳行為 大統領,/社長 Joel Richardson said in a 声明 that Cooke was shut out of the investigative 過程, 主要な to "an 不確かの and 誤って導くing 文書," referring to the 報告(する)/憶測 by 明言する/公表する 公式の/役人s.

He said Cooke 認めるs that the 施設 fell behind in きれいにする the 逮捕する s before moorings failed in July of 2017. But he said the company 供給するd 記録,記録的な/記録するs showing it had washed the 逮捕するs at the 場所/位置 after that July 出来事/事件 and before the Aug. 19 event.

The company also complained that the 明言する/公表する 機関s gave it only several days to 供給する feedback on the 非常に長い 報告(する)/憶測.

Gov. Jay Inslee, a 民主党員, said he would keep in place the 明言する/公表する's 支払い猶予/一時停止 on 逮捕する pen 許すs.

"We're going to do an 集中的な review of all of the downsides of these 操作/手術s to the Puget Sound system," he said. "We really need to look at the 規模 of this 損失 and really understand where these fish went and what they did."

Before the Aug. 19 崩壊(する), Cooke was 適用するing to build a new 海洋 salmon farm in the 海峡 of Juan de Fuca in Clallam 郡.

The 解放(する) of 大西洋 salmon raised 関心s about the 可能性のある 衝撃 of those fish on native salmon runs. The Lummi Nation, a tribe in northwest Washington 明言する/公表する, 宣言するd a 明言する/公表する of 緊急 last summer over 関心s that native salmon were 脅すd.

The pen off Cypress Island held about 305,000 大西洋 salmon that were の近くに to 存在 収穫d. Between 243,000 and 263,000 fish 現実に escaped. Cooke's previous 見積(る)s put that number at 160,000, によれば the 明言する/公表する's 報告(する)/憶測.

The 報告(する)/憶測 said 57,000 of the escaped fish have been caught.

Cooke owns and operates 商業の salmon farms throughout Washington 明言する/公表する which it bought from Icicle 取得/買収 子会社 in 2016.

Cooke said the 報告(する)/憶測 would create 不公平な bias against Cooke as 明言する/公表する 国会議員s 重さを計る several 法案s that 試みる/企てる to 禁止(する) or 限界 finfish aquaculture.

A 法案 sponsored by Sen. Kevin Ranker, a 民主党員, (疑いを)晴らすd a 重要な 会計の 委員会 Monday. 上院 法案 6086 禁じるs the 明言する/公表する natural 資源s department from entering into new 賃貸し(する)s or 新たにするing 存在するing 賃貸し(する)s for 海洋 finfish farming of 大西洋 or other 非,不,無-native finfish.

All Cooke 商業の 逮捕する pens in Washington have 賃貸し(する)s to be on 明言する/公表する-owne d land that is under water and along shores.

In December, Franz 終結させるd the 明言する/公表する's 賃貸し(する) with Cooke at another farmed salmon 操作/手術 in Port Angeles, 説 the company 侵害する/違反するd the 条件 of the 賃貸し(する). Cooke has challenged that 決定/判定勝ち(する) in Clallam 郡 Superior 法廷,裁判所.

On Tuesday, Franz said she'll 発表する in coming days the 未来 of the Cooke's 賃貸し(する) at the Cypress Island 施設 where the 逮捕する 失敗 occurred. It has been operating for more than 30 years.

FILE--In this Aug 22, 2017, file photo, Allen Cooke, left, and Nathan Cultee emerge from the hold of the Marathon after having separated out the 16 farm-raised Atlantic salmon they caught fishing off Point Williams, Wash. State officials said Tuesday, Jan 30, 2018 that Cooke Aquaculture's failure to adequately clean nets holding farmed salmon led to the net pen failure last summer that released thousands of invasive Atlantic salmon into Puget Sound. (Dean Rutz/The Seattle Times via AP, file)

FILE--In this Aug 22, 2017, とじ込み/提出する photo, Allen Cooke, left, and Nathan Cultee 現れる from the 持つ/拘留する of the マラソン after having separated out the 16 farm-raised 大西洋 salmon they caught fishing off Point Williams, Wash. 明言する/公表する 公式の/役人s said Tuesday, Jan 30, 2018 that Cooke Aquaculture's 失敗 to adequately clean 逮捕するs 持つ/拘留するing farmed salmon led to the 逮捕する pen 失敗 last summer that 解放(する)d thousands of invasive 大西洋 salmon into Puget Sound. (Dean Rutz/The Seattle Times 経由で AP, とじ込み/提出する)

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