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‘Environmental Nightmare’ After Thousands Of Atlantic Salmon Escape Fish Farm

NPR reports on how commercial fishermen scrambled to catch as many salmon as they could after an Atlantic salmon fish farm’s net pen broke near Washington’s Cypress Island on the Saturday before the eclipse. Exceptionally high tides and currents caused an anchor to come loose and metal walkways to twist about. Fishermen reported thousands of the non-native fish jumping in the water or washing ashore.