Cooke Aquaculture suffers major blow due to escapee salmon
One of Cooke's fish farms. (Photo Credit: Cooke Aquaculture)
(CANADA, 9/26/2013)
Cooke Aquaculture salmon firm suffered a major drawback when thousands of almost ready to be harvested salmon broke free and swam into the open sea.
The firm's farmed salmon facility in Hermitage Bay lost around 20,000 salmon, which managed to escape from a sea cage last week. The firm blames high tides and unusually strong currents for the incident, which submerged and opened one of the pens on 18 September, reports CBC News.
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) was immediately notified of the accident and is working on a recapture plan. To this end, it has authorized Cold Oceans Salmon to...
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