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Local environmentalists say the 50-52,000 escaped salmon could potentially pollute the marine environment by displacing the fish that live there from the food chain.
The salmon were released from a fish farm in Tasmania, near Australia, due to a fire that melted part of their fence. The farm does not expect environmental damage from the incident, but environmentalists do not share this expectation at all.
According to Peter Bender, CEO of Huon Aquaculture Escaped salmon generally, sadly, do not survive long because they are quickly caught by seals or fishermen.
Referring to a 2018 report from the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Pene Snashall, manager of corporate communications and community relations for Huon Aquaculture, believes that escaped salmon do not feed on native species.
However, Peter George, president of Fish Farming Neighbors, said the matter needed urgent investigation to assess the impact on the local ecosystem. According to In addition to the direct impact of salmon on the living marine environment, there is a long-term risk of salmon entering rivers.
However, according to Penis Snashall the company has no solution to catch fish that escape, which otherwise represents 1 percent of their current fish stocks.
The company said that about a third of the salmon paddocks were burned in the fire, including overwater infrastructure that allowed fish to escape en masse.
However, they still have no idea what caused the fire. There are electrical equipment in the paddock, but during the 35 years of their management they have never had an electrical fire.
The company estimates that the number of four kilogram salmon that escape is between 50 and 52 thousand.
Source: Theguardian.com
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