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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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