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700,000 young salmon killed after vandals damage Powell River hatchery

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 Jan 11th, 2019 by Keith Worrall  257

Modified Jan 11th, 2019 at 11:40 PM

A Sunshine Coast conservation group is reeling after vandals damaged a salmon hatchery, leading to the deaths of nearly three-quarters of a million chum salmon.

Ed Oldfield, president of the Powell River Salmon Society, told Global News that someone entered the grounds of the Duck Lake hatchery during Dec. 28 to 31, and interfered with key equipment.

“[They] altered nine of the valves that control flow to the water tanks,” he said. “They also took out stand pipes that went into the fish tanks. So it altered the water flow and caused a lack of water and oxygen for the fish, and we lost about 90 per cent of our chum fish.”

Watch the Video and read more on the damage HERE