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, August 23, 2010

The two faces of Taylor Shellfish

Photo:  Pulling tubes on a geoduck farm on Totten Inlet in 2006 -- part of the 20 some acres that were deemed a trespass of state owned land in 2009, requiring a substantial fine from Taylor. 

Touting their "environmental stewardship" in an opinion piece in the Olympian on August 19, 2010 , Bill Dewey, chief spokesperson for Taylor Shellfish, argues that "spatial planning" in Puget Sound should include growing shellfish as a protein for our region's diet, yet fails to mention that their most lucrative product, geoduck, is being sold primarily to the luxury food market in Asia.

While Taylor peddles its spirit of cooperation for plans that will enlarge their footprint Puget Sound, when it comes to common sense regulation at the county level, Taylor and Arcadia Point Shellfish cry foul and file lawsuits.  Following are the appeals by Taylor and Arcadia to the new Thurston County policy that deems geoduck farming substantial development requiring a Substantial Shoreline Development permit.

Taylor Shellfish Appeal
Arcadia Point Seafood Appeal #1
Arcadia Point Seafood Appeal #2
Posted by Protect Our Shoreline at 5:28 PM
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