Extremely poor weather has resulted in the escape of approximately 155,000 salmon from a Shetland fish farm.
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Meridian Salmon Group has confirmed that damage caused to its fish cages at the Ness of Copister, on the island of Yell, from strong winds and heavy seas led to the escape, which represents almost half of its total farmed fish of some 364,000 salmon. The remaining salmon have been relocated.
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