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Thousands of salmon escaped an Icelandic fish farm. The impact could be deadly (www.theguardian.com)
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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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[โ€“] Mandarbmax 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tl;dr - The problem is that if they interbreed with the native fish the offspring will not survive in the wild well.

[โ€“] Hotdogman 2 points 1 year ago

Seems kinda fishy, that many escaping at once.