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10 MILLION SCALLOPS DIE
Excerpts taken from The Parksville Qualicum Beach News
Island Scallops, a shellfish producer on Vancouver Island, Canada, laid
off staff after losing a 10 million scallop harvest due to high acid levels in
the Georgia Strait.
CEO Rob Saunders said the company suffered a $10 million loss. He said it takes three years from hatchery to harvest and the
company lost all the scallops put into the ocean over the last three years.
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