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📢 Cermaq’s experimental fish farm is failing—inspectors found a trench dug into the muddy bottom, filled with feces and feed. We’ve been working with Clayoquot Action for months to bring this story to light. 💩 Cermaq’s so-called “semi-closed” fish farm in Clayoquot Sound was supposed to protect wild salmon. But photos of pollution and sludge leaking from the site tell a very different story. We also accessed federal records showing that even government inspectors were baffled. One report describes how a remote-controlled vehicle dropped below the site revealed a “massive area” beneath the farm “covered 100% with feces and fish feed.” 💩 Meanwhile, Cermaq claims the technology is working “exceptionally well.” The company also resisted sharing critical records from their factory farm. Whose waters do they think they’re operating in? The system is failing to contain waste and pathogens. “It’s being marketed as a solution—but it’s clearly failing and they don’t want people to know,” said Stan Proboszcz from Watershed Watch. 🛑 The federal government must not consider in-water experimental fish farms as a solution in the transition away from open-net pens. Wild salmon deserve real protection—not more PR spin. Read the full story here: (fb)