Duwamish Cleanup Plan Out!
…the most polluted rivers in the nation. Years of toxic build up, including PCBs, arsenic, PAHs, and dioxins/furans, have left a legacy of contaminated sediments. Shellfish, crabs, and resident fish…
Results for: fish consumption
People’s Hearing on Atlantic Salmon Net Pens
Clallam County has indefinitely postponed a hearing on Cooke Aquaculture’s $9 million Atlantic salmon net pen fish farm expansion proposal for the Straits of Juan de Fuca. The hearing was…
Clean water advocates win court victory to tighten water discharge limits for BP oil refinery
…WET test confirms that the effluent is in fact lethal to fish species. This is not OK for the beleaguered herring at Cherry Point or for Puget Sound as a…
A River of Change
…as nearly 32 million cubic yards of sediment begin to flow out to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, providing habitat for forage fish and other nearshore critters. We scaled…
View From the Helm, Spring 2013
…are good for the most part, but downriver impacts are severely challenging these fish. It was eerily quiet with all the fishermen gone. Just bald eagles goldeneyes and mergansers to…
China’s ban on plastic waste is a wake-up call
…local solutions. In the long term, a successful solution means shifting both consumption habits and waste management processes – and acknowledging that recycling has never really been a great option…
Marine Debris
…consumption habits. Marine Debris Removal Trash in the water and along shorelines isn’t just ugly. Wildlife often mistake trash for food, especially small pieces of plastic and cigarette butts. Eating…
Soundkeeper sends notice letter to Boeing for Clean Water Act violations on the Duwamish River
…Tribe. The Muckleshoot and Suquamish Tribes have treaty fishing rights on the river. All resident fish in the Duwamish are unsafe to eat because of PCB levels in the river,…
Leadership Change Announced
…justice efforts, we worked with tribes and the US-EPA to secure strengthened water quality standards for Washington State based on fish consumption rates – new standards that are 25-times more…
Duwamish barge fire raises concerns about community health and pollution
…part due to PCBs. PCBs are known to be carcinogenic and persist in the environment for decades, leading to fish consumption warnings and closures, and are implicated as a cause…