PETA is asking the Sherburne County attorney to explore criminal charges against a pig farm with a USDA inspection report violation.
More than 80% of public comments received by the Department of Natural Resources before Tuesday's hearing supported the ban, according to the agency.
led to a phaseout by the state Legislature in 2018 of net-pen farming of nonnative species. Cooke then pivoted to a proposal to farm steelhead and black cod in a joint venture with the Jamestown S ...