B.C. salmon farms linked to explosive spike in wild fish deaths

B.C. salmon farms linked to explosive spike in wild fish deaths

By Stefan Labbé, video by Alanna Kelly

Source: vancouverisawesome

12/5/2023

An estimated 817,265 herring were killed by B.C. salmon farms in 2022, many found with their 'eyes blown out' after getting sucked into a machine that removes sea lice.

B.C. salmon farms killed more than 800,000 wild fish in 2022, 16 times more than the last decade's yearly average, federal data shows.

Atlantic herring

Salmon, Chinook

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