An environmental organization has served a notice of intent to sue one of the world’s largest aquaculture companies for violations of the Clean Water Act in Maine. The fish farmer ardently denies the allegations. Conservation Law Foundation contends Cooke Aquaculture’s salmon farming sites off the Maine coast pollute the state’s bays.
FILE - An Atlantic salmon leaps in a Cooke Aquaculture farm pen near Eastport, Maine , on Oct. 11, 2008. PORTLAND, Maine — An environmental organization has served a notice of intent to sue one of the world’s largest aquaculture companies for violations of the Clean Water Act in Maine — allegations the fish farmer ardently denies.salmon farming sites off the Maine coast pollute the state’s bays, where lobster fishing is a key industry.
Cooke swiftly denied the allegations, and company representatives said the firm fully complies with the laws. The company, based in New Brunswick, Canada, issued a statement that said the farms are “routinely inspected by state regulators and subject to regular monitoring reports” to ensure compliance.Gun groups sue to overturn Maine’s new 3-day waiting period to buy firearms“Finfish aquaculture has coexisted with heritage fisheries, such as lobstering, in Maine waters for more than 40 years.
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