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Next week, Commissioner Franz will announce her big decision
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The Countdown Is Over,
A Major Decision Deciding the Fate of Puget Sound Net Pens Is Coming Next Week
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We are thrilled to share that yesterday, the countdown ended. After 12 years in tenure, every lease authorizing commercial net pen aquaculture in Washington state has expired. For years,
we've emphasized how the expiration of these long-lasting and legally binding leases offers Washington state an urgent and unprecedented opportunity to take back our sound from this
dangerous and antiquated industry.
Now, we're thrilled to share that the time has finally come. In just days, Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz will finally announce a major decision over whether she will issue
new leases to Cooke Aquaculture to continue polluting and degrading our public waters over the next decade or if she will listen to calls from the public to take bold action to restore
Puget Sound for the benefit and use of all.
As we wait to hear what Commissioner Franz will decide, we couldn't be more optimistic for the future.
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For one, Commissioner Franz has a strong record when it comes to holding the net pen industry accountable, from finding Cooke at fault for the catastrophic Cypress Island net pen collapse
to refusing to back down or compromise the public's natural resources when defending Washington from four years of Cooke's meritless lawsuits.
More importantly, we're optimistic because Commissioner Franz is required by statute to make a decision that is in the best interest of the public. Since we launched the Our Sound, Our
Salmon campaign <https://default.salsalabs.org/T398f0170-1843-444b-9658-082992e20fed/e1f9ba72-dc83-4f20-90cd-07d9d1ee41b3> five years ago, the public has made abundantly clear through
countless actions that the health of Puget Sound represents an irreplaceable public heritage and a finite resource of great social, cultural, and economic value that they are not willing
to risk at hands of this dangerous industry.
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Governor Jay Inslee signs into law the public's hard-fought bill banning nonnative finfish aquaculture in 2018 surrounded by members of Wild Fish Conservancy and representatives of the
Our Sound, Our Salmon coalition.
Looking back, it's incredible how many milestones and accomplishments we've celebrated together toward this end. Even more incredible, is the amount and diversity of people throughout
the northwest who unified their voices to call for action from state officials to protect wild fish, orcas, tribal treaty rights, and the greater health of Puget Sound from this polluting
and dangerous industry.
Together, we successfully called on the legislature to pass the world's largest legislative ban on nonnative Atlantic salmon net pen aquaculture. When Cooke attempted to circumvent and
undermine that law a year later by switching from Atlantic salmon to native species, the public came together again to demand comprehensive environmental review of Cooke's risky new
proposal. Your ongoing support also made it possible for WFC to hold Cooke accountable for $2.75 million in Clean Water Act violations that turned fish farm profits into orca recovery
dollars <https://default.salsalabs.org/T55344707-0e11-4deb-b289-8d770cc1460c/e1f9ba72-dc83-4f20-90cd-07d9d1ee41b3> through the Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment.
Your advocacy prevented Cooke from continuing to amplify and spread an exotic, nonnative virus in their Puget Sound net pens, and you supported actions to stand in solidarity with First
Nations in British Columbia that bolstered their calls for a coastwide end to commercial net pen aquaculture.
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WFC representing the Our Sound, Our Salmon coalition at a protest led by B.C. First Nations the same day WA's landmark law passed.
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and 127 businesses and organizations all calling on Commissioner Hilary Franz to deny new leases to Cooke and restore Puget Sound for the public’s benefit and use by all. The City Council
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, and over the past several months Commissioner Franz heard directly from hundreds of individuals, groups, and elected officials throughout the northwest and even international advocates
urging the importance of Washington's decision for the future of this industry in communities worldwide.
Now, as we wait for Commissioner Franz's decision, is heartwarming to recall and celebrate all we have accomplished together over the past five years. Collectively, these efforts bring
us confidence and hope that we've never been closer to achieving a healthier Puget Sound.
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Working Together to Protect Puget Sound
For over two decades, Wild Fish Conservancy has been watchdogging the industry, advancing our region's scientific understanding of the risks net pens pose, and working with colleagues
around the world to bring an end to this practice in public waters.
Your support makes it possible for us to stand up and react quickly to the commercial net pen aquaculture industry as we work to end this practice in Puget Sound and protect our public
waters for benefit of all.
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