Monday, June 13, 2011

Jefferson County shoreline plan to address fin fish farming

Port Townsend public officials hope they will soon be able to write “fin” or “the end” on the five-year process to update Jefferson County's Shoreline Master Program. The Jefferson County Board of Commissioners is expected to issue a new draft of the master program that addresses allowing but regulating fin fish farming, i.e, salmon farming or net-pen farming.

A legal notice would be published Wednesday, June 15, opening a 30-day window for public comments and requiring a public hearing, tentatively set for July 11 in the county Superior Court room.  The board discussed Monday various changes to the proposed document which must ultimately be approved by the state Department of Ecology. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers
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