The Center for Food Safety (CFS), along with a local Washington organization opposing aquaculture development, have asked a U.S. district court to shut down nine shellfish operations in the state of Washington, alleging that the federal government did not properly vet the environmental effects of those operations.
"We're calling on the court to do what the [U.S. Army Corps of Engineers] failed to: protect our iconic marine ecosystems from being overwhelmed by plastic, pesticides, and profit-driven development,” CFS Staff Attorney Kristina Sinclair said in a statement.
CFS and local partner Coalition to Protect Puget Sound Habitat claim the Army Corps of Engineers has been using letters of permission (LOPs) to circumnavigate a 2019 court order requiring the government to fully analyze the environmental impacts of shellfish aquaculture applications.
"The Army Corps' permits for these nine polluting operations, which were granted with no environmental review or public notice, fail to ...
