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eaterofsun.bsky.social • 38 days ago

Not a very promising turn of events
https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/200000-fish-die-in-single-worst-jellyfish-attack-on-scottish-salmon/

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cecefrombc.bsky.social•38 days ago

Wow. Devastating. Anything that affects our salmon here (BC/PNW), affects the whole ecosystem.

nazishmunch.bsky.social•38 days ago

On the upside, there won’t be anything left to fish so maybe there can be a deal finally made with the EU. 😭

cbshere.bsky.social•38 days ago

it's like the world is in a feeding frenzy

eldannythejohn.bsky.social•38 days ago

This is the least apocalyptic thing I’ve ever heard 🤗

wanderinggaia.bsky.social•38 days ago

Horror movie sequence!

richardtol.bsky.social•38 days ago

Neil Sedaka wrote the soundtrack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDRa_KWgVdU

revkin.bsky.social•38 days ago

Eek. I love the technical name for the string jellyfish in this Swedish article: “Long stringy stingy thingy”!
I assume it must be a function of funky translation…

https://www.gu.se/en/news/numerous-findings-of-string-jellyfish-in-sweden

etwasanders.bsky.social•38 days ago

We're flattered but I'm afraid the Swedish language can't take credit for this.

cktcrow.bsky.social•38 days ago

"This incident highlights the urgent need to phase out open-net farming entirely, but until then, stricter regulations and robust environmental safeguards must be enforced to prevent further damage,” said the campaign group."

seasofsalish.bsky.social•38 days ago

Washington state has banned all fish farms in our waters. We are the first to do so We have a delicate ecosystem. We are trying to protect it.

Besides farmed salmon is disgusting to eat.

eaterofsun.bsky.social•38 days ago

Fine on first. Second not true. There are various things to prefer about wild salmon, but farmed salmon is entitrely edible and can be quite nice

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