This August,one hundred sixty thousand Atlantic salmon escaped from a fish farm in Puget Sound. That event has some people calling for an stop to farming non-native fish in the Sound. They say it’s better to raise Atlantic salmon in tanks, on land. In the second section of a two-section series for EarthFix, and Eilis O’Neill visited a company on the north stop of Vancouver Island that’s doing just that: farming salmon in tanks. And the week in Northwest politics featured a critical audit of the Oregon Health Authority by the Secretary of State,and a critical decision by a Washington energy Council approximately a proposed oil terminal in Vancouver. A judge heard arguments on a lawsuit challenging the use of a Correctional Facility in Wasco County to house detainees for a federal agency. And Congress continues work on the details of a tax overhaul bill with implications for Oregon and Washington. OPB’s Political Analyst, Bill Lunch, and Jeff Mapes,OPB’s Senior Political Reporter, join Morning Edition host Tim Manickam to discuss the week in politics.
Source: thetakeaway.org