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NOAA Is Rolling Out a Plan to Radically Expand Offshore Aquaculture. Not Everyone IsĀ Onboard.

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Central to its aim is using science and best-practice approaches to identify areas in the U.S. Opponents to the plan point to known risks, including ecological disasters like the infamous 2017 salmon spill that took place in Washington State waters when a salmon net pen collapsed, releasing roughly 300,000 Atlantic salmon in Puget Sound.