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Another farmed salmon mass breakout in Tasmanian waters stuns Huon Aquaculture
Salmon farmer Huon Aquaculture is investigating another unexplained incident that allowed an entire pen of fish to escape into the ocean off southern Tasmania.
Key points:
- It’s the second big loss of Atlantic salmon from a Huon Acquaculture fish farm in Tasmania in days
- About 130,000 fish each weighing about half a kilogram have escaped into Storm Bay
- Company founder wishes “merry Christmas” to local fishers out in droves trying to catch the salmon
The company says 130,000 salmon escaped through a “significant tear” in a fortress pen in Storm Bay on Wednesday morning.
Early last week, the company lost more than 50,000 fish when a pen caught fire in the D’Entrecasteaux Channel, melting part of the structure.
The D’Entrecasteaux Channel…
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