Company says severe winter storms responsible for die-off at Newfoundland fish farm

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A statement from Cold Ocean Salmon Inc. says the fatalities appear to be limited to two of the eight sea cages at the site near Manual Arm

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.A Canadian seafood giant says severe winter storms over the last month killed off thousands of Atlantic salmon at a Newfoundland fish farm.

The company did not offer a total count of fish killed, but said in a statement “it is estimated that approximately 14 per cent mortalities appear to be limited to two of the eight cages on the farm which contains a total of 550,000 fish.”The company says the fish have not tested positive for reportable diseases and the remains are being cleaned from the affected cages. It says its response plan also involves harvesting the two affected cages as well as some fish from the other six.

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Just too bad nobody can enforce fishing to prevent over-fishing and unsustainable fishing that there needs to be fish farming. Perhaps a little less degradation on meat farming so as less reliance on over fishing and fish farming as food is food and all should be appreciated....

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