12,000 FARMED SALMON DIE IN POWER FAILURE

Source: The Chronicle Herald
About 12,000 market-ready salmon died after a weekend power failure at the Sustainable Fish Farming (Canada) Ltd. land­based aquaculture site in Centre Burlington, Hants County, N.S., an official said Tuesday. “It is a bitterly disappointing setback for our undertaking as we were about to deliver these sal­mon to customers,” chief execut­ive officer Kirk Havercroft said in an interview. (read more)