Major New Zealand salmon producer shuts farms as warming waters cause mass die-offs

Major New Zealand salmon producer shuts farms as warming waters cause mass die-offs

Source: theguardian

5/26/2022

Credit: Murdo Macleod/The Guardian

Up to 42% of company’s fish have died in warm water areas this year, with CEO warning climate change is ‘faster than people think’

New Zealand’s biggest king salmon farmer says it is shutting some of its farms after warming seas prompted mass die-offs of fish, warning that it is a “canary in the coalmine” for climate change.

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