Wild salmon conservation group raises concerns about herring kills at B.C. fish farms

Wild salmon conservation group raises concerns about herring kills at B.C. fish farms

Source: yahoo

12/5/2023

Wild salmon conservation group raises concerns about herring kills at B.C. fish farms

A salmon conservation group is raising concerns about reported increases in wild fish deaths, primarily herring, in British Columbia's open-net fish farms.

Stan Proboszcz, senior scientist at Watershed Watch Salmon Society, says federal data shows more than 817,000 wild fish were killed at B.C. salmon farms in 2022, five times the number of fish deaths reported in previous years.

Atlantic herring

Salmon, Atlantic

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