ST. JOHN’S, N.L.—More than a month after a mass salmon die-off was reported in southern Newfoundland fish pens, the company says the death toll rings in at an estimated 2.6 million — just under half of all its fish.
The Norwegian-owned Northern Harvest Sea Farms made the announcement Friday, after the provincial government announced it was suspending licences at the 10 sites where the fish died.
Fisheries and Land Resources Minister Gerry Byrne said he learned Friday that the number of dead fish was higher the company initially reported, prompting him to suspend the licences.
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