CBC.ca: Huge spike in herring killed in B.C. salmon farm operations: DFO data

Trying to clean #sealice off #openpen farmed #salmon, #Cermaq #Canada killed a reported 817,000 wild #fish, mostly #juvenile #herring - a #keystonespecies on the #Pacific #coast.

Even #DFO staff were worried about "significant negative attention" from releasing the data.

The #Canadian govt. has still not released plans for promised 2025 transition from open pens.

#environment

Huge spike in herring killed in B.C. salmon farm operations: DFO data | CBC News

The Watershed Watch Salmon Society is sounding the alarm on data collected by Fisheries and Oceans Canada that show an unprecedented spike in wild fish killed in B.C. salmon farm operations.

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