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Pastimes : FISH FARMS NEED TO BE THE SIZE OF COUNTRIES

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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (307)4/19/2005 4:33:02 PM
From: maceng2  Read Replies (1) of 405
 
Salmon River Hit by Mystery Pollution Incident

By Chris Court, PA

news.scotsman.com

Hundreds of salmon and sea trout were killed by a river pollution incident in Cornwall, said the Environment Agency today.

“At least 8kms of the Fowey – one of the region’s top salmon rivers – have been hit by the pollution leaving the river littered with dead fish,” said an Agency spokesman.

Environment teams were sent to investigate after being alerted by an angler, and agency officers have taken samples and are trying to trace the source of the pollution.

“This is a significant fish kill on one of our most important salmon rivers and is being treated very seriously by the Environment Agency,” the spokesman said.

“We have deployed a number of officers to examine various sections of the river in a bid to identify the pollutant and pinpoint the source,” said Geoff Boyd for the Environment Agency.

The importance of the River Fowey as a salmon and sea trout fishery is reflected by the fact it is one of very few rivers in the south west with a healthy population of salmon that are returning each year to spawn in sufficient numbers to maintain a healthy stock of fish.
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