Toxic contamination will linger at Island salmon farm site, government finds

Scott Simpson
August 25, 2009
The Vancouver Sun

Toxic contaminants from a “notorious” Kyuquot Sound salmon farm are having a lasting, negative effect on the seabed in the farm’s vicinity, according to a new provincial government report.

An August 2009 Environment Ministry study estimates that Centre Cove salmon farm will degrade seabed marine life as much as 100 metres from the site of the farm for 15 years dating from the farm’s 2004 shutdown.

The report warns that the toxic effects from metals released from the farm, notably zinc and copper, could last significantly longer. 

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