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October 21st, 2019

Agreement protects Willapa Bay, Grays Harbor from spraying of dangerous pesticide

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Agreement protects Willapa Bay, Grays Harbor from spraying of dangerous pesticide - - Washington state officials have approved an agreement that will prohibit oyster growers from spraying a dangerous neonicotinoid pesticide to kill native burrowing shrimp in Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor…

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October 15th, 2019

Center for Food Safety Protects Washington's Iconic Coastlines and Wildlife from Expanding Industrial Shellfish Aquaculture

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Center for Food Safety Protects Washington's Iconic Coastlines and Wildlife from Expanding Industrial Shellfish Aquaculture Court Rules Army Corps Failed to Protect Clean Water and Assess Cumulative Environmental Impacts Seattle, WA —On Friday, a Federal Court for the Western District of Washington ruled the Army Corps' commercial shellfish aquaculture general permit, whi…

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September 25th, 2018

Victory! Court Shuts Down Offshore Aquaculture in Gulf of Mexico

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Victory! Court Shuts Down Offshore Aquaculture in Gulf of Mexico Fishing and Public Interest Groups Stop Unprecedented Industrial Aquaculture Program New Orleans, LA â?? Today, Center for Food Safety, representing a coalition of fishing and public interest groups, won their lawsuit challenging the Department of Commerce's new federal rules that would have permitted, for the fir…

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April 9th, 2018

VICTORY! Washington Wildlife and Waters Saved from Neurotoxic Pesticides

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VICTORY! Washington Wildlife and Waters Saved from Neurotoxic Pesticides State Denies Permit to Shellfish Growers to Spray Neonics On Oyster and Clam Beds in Willapa Bay as "Too Risky for Washington's Environment" Willapa Bay, Washington â?? Today, the Washington Department of Ecology sided with Center for Food Safety and numerous other community and conservation groups,…

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September 25th, 2017

GROUPS MOVE LAWSUIT FORWARD AGAINST INDUSTRIAL FISH FARMING REGULATIONS

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Groups claim Trump Administration is violating federal law in allowing factory fish farms in the Gulf of Mexico New Orleans, LA (September 25, 2017) - A lawsuit filed by Center for Food Safety (CFS) on behalf of a coalition of consumer, environmental, fishing and farming organizations is now moving forward, challenging the legality of a federal government rule allowing industrial fish f…

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August 10th, 2017

Center for Food Safety Sues Trump Administration to Protect Washington's Coastal Waters

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Federal permit for massive shellfish aquaculture expansion will harm tidal ecosystems, human health Portland, OR —Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a federal lawsuit to stop the Trump administration, through its U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), from greenlighting a massive expansion of industrial shellfish aquaculture in Washington state coastal waters…

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February 16th, 2016

Fishing and Public Interest Groups File Challenge to Fed's Unprecedented Decision to Establish Aquaculture in Offshore U.S. Waters

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Industrial aquaculture would bring economic and environmental harms to Gulf of Mexico and beyond New Orleans, LA (February 16, 2016)— Center for Food Safety has filed a new lawsuit challenging the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) new federal regulations permitting, for the first time, industrial aquaculture offshore in U.S. federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico…

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January 13th, 2016

National and Local Groups Oppose New Industrial Fish Farming Regulations

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Department of Commerce approves new rules allowing offshore aquaculture in Gulf of Mexico New Orleans, LA –Today, consumer, environmental, and sustainable fishing and farming organizations expressed their strong opposition to new federal regulations that permit the development of industrial fish farms offshore in U.S. waters…

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October 21st, 2014

New Report Finds Ocean-based Fish Farming at Odds with Organic Standard

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53 organizations agree that USDA should not allow farmed fish at sea to be labeled “organic” Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS) released a comprehensive, scientific report detailing why ocean-based aquaculture (fish farming) can never be certified organic…

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