Wednesday, 23 August 2017

Thousands of Atlantic salmon escape fish farm near Victoria after nets rip

Thousands of Atlantic salmon escape fish farm near Victoria after nets rip

Thousands of Atlantic salmon have escaped into Pacific waters east of Victoria after nets containing an estimated 305,000 fish were damaged at a U.S. fish farm in the San Juan Islands on Saturday. The company, Cooke Aquaculture, blamed "exceptionally high tides and currents coinciding with this week's solar eclipse" for the failure of the net pen near Cypress Island.

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