Editor's note: due to a technical error, the following story, from December 2018, appeared in the Nov. 13, 2019 Salmon Newsletter. For the latest Salmon industry news, please visit www.intrafish.com/salmon

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Marine Harvest Scotland reported the escape of 24,752 Atlantic salmon from its Scottish Hellisay site.

In a notification to the Scottish authorities, Marine Harvest reported the escape, occurred Nov. 11, of fish aged 19 months with an average weight of 1.1 kilograms.

The company said the cause of the escape was a hole in the net, and that it had not recovered any fish.