Our mission is to protect the habitat of Puget Sound tidelands from the underregulated expansion of new and intensive shellfish aquaculture methods. These methods were never anticipated when the Shoreline Management Act was passed. They are transforming the natural tideland ecosystems in Puget Sound and are resulting in a fractured shoreline habitat. In South Puget Sound much of this has been done with few if any meaningful shoreline permits and with limited public input. It is exactly what the Shoreline Management Act was intended to prevent.

Get involved and contact your elected officials to let them you do not support aquaculture's industrial transformation of Puget Sound's tidelands.

Governor Inslee:

Monday, May 14, 2012

Penn Cove Mussel Farm Operations Suspended

A 128 foot derelict vessel anchored in Penn Cove caught fire and sank over the weekend.  Pollutants contained in the vessel include diesel fuel to possible asbestos, and have caused operations at the Penn Cove mussel farm to be suspended. At risk is an annual harvest of over 1.5 million pounds of mussels.  Whether this will be a short term or long term problem for all of Penn Cove's habitat and species is unknown.

Penn Cove Mussel Farm
Posted by Protect Our Shoreline at 7:48 AM
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