Requires the department of ecology, the department of natural resources, and the department of fish and wildlife to continue the existing effort to update guidance and informational resources to industry and governments for planning and permitting commercial marine net pen aquaculture. Expires December 31, 2019.

Requires the facility operator, for marine finfish aquaculture of Atlantic salmon, to hire, at their own expense, a marine engineering firm approved by the department of fish and wildlife to conduct inspections.