Cooke Aquaculture Retains Over 1 Million Salmon Smolt in Maine Following Seal Attack
Workers at Cooke Aquaculture USA retained over one million juvenile salmon smolt from being attacked by seals in Maine, thanks to repairs made by company divers.
Although the divers quickly identified two damaged cage nets and saved plenty of fish, the seal attack did result in the loss of 4.5% or 50,000 small 200-400 gram fish stocked in cages at Cross Island, in Cutler, Machias Bay.
Divers were able to find the seals' point of entry, and in accordance with farm management plans...
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