Willapa Bay growers drop drive to use insecticide against burrowing shrimp

OCEAN PARK, Wash. (AP) — Willapa Grays Harbor Growers Association has abandoned a drive to use an insecticide against burrowing shrimp that can make tidelands unfit for shellfish farming.

The Seattle Times reports that in a settlement reached last week, the association agreed to accept a 2018 state Ecology Department denial of the insecticide use.

The growers wanted to use the insecticide to spray tidelands used for shellfish cultivation in Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor.