Weight of dead fish caused massive escape

Dan Maclennan
December 4, 2009
The Courier-Islander

An estimated 40,000 live Atlantic salmon escaped Marine Harvest's Port Elizabeth farm in October after the sheer weight of dead fish tore holes in a net pen, a company official told city council Tuesday.

While official investigations of the Oct. 21 escape in the Broughton Archipelago have yet to produce public reports, Marine Harvest's managing director Vincent Erenst told council that the incident started with a low oxygen event.

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