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Bakkafrost loses 750,000 fish in mystery incident

Faroese salmon farmer noted it has not been able to confirm the cause of the incident, and that in 30 years of farming at this site, nothing like this has occurred before

By Neil Ramsden | Sept. 23, 2018 17:59 BST
Bakkafrsot farming site A-71 Funningsfjordur. Picture taken 13.02.2018 courtesy of Pol Sundskard, www.hiking.fo
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Faroese salmon farmer Bakkafrost has revealed it lost 750,000 individuals in an incident at its A-81 Kolbanagjogv site on Sept. 20, 2018. [...]

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