Lawsuit Allows Clean Water Act Claims Against Cooke Aquaculture in Maine
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What happened
A federal court in Maine allowed most of the Conservation Law Foundation’s Clean Water Act claims against Cooke Aquaculture to move forward. The allegations involve pollution, monitoring, and reporting at Cooke’s open-net salmon farms. The Conservation Law Foundation claims that Cooke’s operations have discharged waste, uneaten feed, dead fish, and other pollutants into surrounding waters and onto the seafloor.
From pressherald.com
Why it matters
The allegations concern the discharge of pollutants into the marine ecosystem near Jonesport. If pollution harms the seafloor, it could affect the habitat and food sources that local fisheries depend on, impacting the livelihoods of lobstermen and other marine workers.
From pressherald.com