Die Off

• Heat waves put new stress on B.C.’s already struggling salmon

  A sweltering heat wave in much of Western Canada in the last week of June had cascading effects on sea life, experts say.

  Environment

  Jul 17, 2021
  
• Upper Thames River Conservation Authority reports large fish die-off

  'It's limited to one species, which is gizzard shad, and they're not very cold-hardy so it's very common to have large die-offs of them in over the winter.'

  Environment

  Feb 5, 2021
  
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• ‘Unprecedented’: Birds mysteriously dropping dead across southwestern U.S.

  The birds have been seen acting strangely and wandering around on the ground before their deaths.

  Trending

  Sep 15, 2020
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• Company says severe winter weather responsible for fish farm die-off in N.L.

  A statement from Cold Ocean Salmon Inc., owned by New Brunswick-based Cooke Aquaculture Inc., says approximately 77,000 of 550,000 salmon died in two cages at the cage site near Manual Arm.

  Environment

  Mar 3, 2020
• Norwegian CEO to meet N.L. minister over disclosure of farmed salmon deaths

  Fisheries Minister Gerry Byrne says Alf-Helge Aarskog, CEO of seafood company Mowi, is expected in the province Thursday afternoon to discuss disclosure about the mass die-off of farmed salmon earlier this year.

  Canada

  Nov 4, 2019
• N.L. salmon deaths prompt review of public bodies’ disclosure obligations

  Northern Harvest Sea Farms says 2.6 million of its fish died in southern Newfoundland sea cages due to a prolonged period of high water temperatures.

  Canada

  Oct 31, 2019