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Some 50,000 fish rushed to freedom after a fire at Huon Aquaculture’s salmon farm in Tasmania on Monday. Photograph: Bloomberg via Getty Images
November 25, 2020
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An outbreak of 50,000 Tasmanian farmed salmon could potentially “pollute” the marine environment, according to local environmentalists. The fish rushed to freedom after a fire melted part of their enclosure on Monday morning, and while the company involved said it did not expect the fugitive fish to damage the environment, others disagree.

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