Somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000 fish escaped from Cooke Aquaculture's Hermitage Bay salmon farm on Newfoundland's south coast last month, the company confirms. Conservationists and outfitters say escaped farmed salmon threatens wild salmon populations. The escaped fish were between five and six pounds each and therefore not market size, Richardson added. It said the provincial Department of Fisheries and Land Resources is responsible for the containment of fish at aquaculture farms. The provincial department told CBC News that the salmon pens are in the ocean, which falls under DFO responsibility.

Source: CBC News August 07, 2018 13:18 UTC