Farmed Fish Escape Into The Wild

According to researchers at the World Wildlife Fund in Cali, Colombia, juvenile cobia, escaped from a fishing farm off the coast of Ecuador that began operating earlier in 2015. Intruders had probably cut a net cage, perhaps intending to catch and sell the fish. Cobia are fast-swimming predators that can migrate long distances and grow to about 2 meters long. According to the aquaculture company Ocean Farm in Manta, Ecuador, which runs the farm, roughly 1,500 cobia fled. While not native to the eastern Pacific, since the escape, the fugitives have been spotted from Panama to Peru. The cobia getaway is not an isolated incident. Aquaculture, the farming of fish and other aquatic species, is rapidly expanding. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fish-escapes-marine-farms-raise-concerns-about-wildlife http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by YT Wochit News using http://wochit.com