'A circus': second mass salmon outbreak in Tasmania outrages conservationists
by Mostafa Rachwani from Environment | The Guardian on (#5B5RK)
Environmental groups call for salmon farming to be moved onshore after 130,000 fish escape through tear in net
Huon Aquaculture has been savaged after another mass salmon outbreak in Tasmania that could threaten native marine life, with conservationists labelling escape management practices in the state a circus".
About 130,000 farmed salmon swam to freedom after a tear was found in the netting of a fish pen in Storm Bay on Wednesday. Huon's chief executive, Peter Bender, said there was a significant loss of fish".
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