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"We are sorry for what has happened, and we'll do everything we can to reduce the extent of the damage," Leroy Vest General Manager Morten Fjaereide said following the incident. Photo: Joar Offerdal Vatlestad

2,000 trout caught in Norway following escape of 15,000 fish from Leroy farm; full extent of incident remains unknown

Norway-based seafood group Leroy notified the government in August about the discovery of a large hole at its site in Naveide.

14 September 2023 4:30 GMT Updated 14 September 2023 8:43 GMT

By Hanna Gezelius

, Ann Eileen D Nygård and Kjersti Kvile

About 2,000 escaped rainbow trout have been caught after 15,000 fish escaped from Leroy's facility in Austevoll, Leroy Vest General Manager Morten Fjaereide told IntraFish sister publication Fiskeribladet.

Norway-based seafood group Leroy notified the Directorate of Fisheries on Aug.

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2,000 trout caught in Norway following escape of 15,000 fish from Leroy farm; full extent of incident remains unknown