Chile: Salmon farmer admits escape of nearly 27,000 fish The Chilean salmon Ventisqueros has confirmed the escape of nearly 27,000 salmon from a site in Tubildad in the Quemchi district of Chiloe.
24,500 fish escape from Marine Harvest farm after storm damage Marine Harvest Scotland has reported that more than 24,000 salmon escaped from its farm on a high-energy site at Hellisay, Isle of Barra, following storm damage in November.
Marine Harvest charged over massive escape in Chile Regulators have charged Marine Harvest Chile with the deficient operation of its Punta Redonda farming site following the escape of 690,000 salmon on July 5.
Chilean authorities dismiss Marine Harvest fish escape recapture claims Marine Harvest is to be reported to Chile’s State Defence Council (CDE) for failing to recapture at least 10% of the 690,000 salmon that escaped from its Punta Redonda site in July.
Marine Harvest claims 27% recapture after mass escape Marine Harvest has declared that 27.23% of the salmon that escaped from one of its farms in Chile during storms in July have been recaptured.
Marine Harvest could face £6.2m fine for Chile escape Marine Harvest Chile is facing a fine of up to 5.6 billion pesos (£6.2 million) and a possible ban on farming fish at its Punto Redonda farm following a cage failure and mass escape on July 5.
Fish escape from Ocean Farm 1 as structure tilts A small number of salmon escaped from SalMar’s flagship project, Ocean Farm 1, on Monday after the structure tilted and the top on the internal net dipped below the water line.
Cooke confirms fish escape in Newfoundland Cooke Aquaculture has confirmed the escape of between 2,000 and 3,000 Atlantic salmon from Hermitage Bay on the south coast of Newfoundland, Canada, last month, according to CBC News.
Marine Harvest gets extra time to recapture escapees Marine Harvest has been granted a 30-day extension to the deadline given for recapturing at least 10% of the 690,000 salmon that escaped from its farm in Punta Redonda, Los Lagos, Chile on July 5.
Cage-blaze fish escape total put at 6,881 A count of the remaining fish in a cage that was damaged by fire in Finnmark in northern Norway on Monday night shows that 6,881 Atlantic salmon escaped, farm operator Cermaq said in a statement.
Cermaq reports fish escape after fire damages cage Between 1,000 and 10,000 salmon are estimated to have escaped after fire damaged a cage at Cermaq’s Skinnstakkvika site in Ryggefjorden in Måsøy municipality in Finnmark, Norway last night.
Chilean salmon farming under spotlight after fish escape Alicia Gallardo, the director of Chile’s National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service, Sernapesca, has said the country’s entire salmon farming sector is now under the spotlight following the escape of 690,000 fish from a Marine Harvest farm on July 5.
Chile seeks to shut Marine Harvest site for 30 days after mass escape Chile’s environment agency has applied to court for an Urgent and Transitory Measure to close down operations at Marine Harvest’s Punta Redonda fish farm for 30 days.
Marine Harvest escape total put at 680,000 The number of fish that escaped from a Marine Harvest farm site in Chile after storms wrecked cages last week has been calculated at 680,000.
