Thousands of salmon escaped an Icelandic fish farm. The impact could be deadly

Aquaculture is bringing jobs and money to rural regions, but a huge escape of farmed fish in August could devastate local salmon populations

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Canada’s (BC) coast is in a similar predicament. The returning salmon are crucial to the entire ecosystem. The populations are very low and extremely vulnerable to rising ocean temperatures, sea lice and escaped Atlantic Salmon from open net fish farms.