What is the background for regulation of Washington State aquaculture?
In the mid 1980s, amidst boom in Atlantic salmon culture worldwide, the Washington State Departments of Ecology and Fisheries commissioned a synthesis and review of the known effects of salmon net pen culture, which resulted in a milestone literature review by Dr. Donald P. Weston of the University of Washington (Weston 1986). This document was widely acclaimed as the best-available review and interpretation of the literature at the time and is still a useful and pertinent document in many regards. Immediately after the issuance of the report, Dr. Weston, in concert with the state resources agencies and interested parties, prepared the Interim Guidelines (SAIC 1986), which helped guide agency management and monitoring efforts for nearly a decade. The Washington Department of Natural Resources adopted the Interim Guidelines as legal requirements of their aquatic lands leases.
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