Ioppose the proposed salmon farm on the Susquehanna River ( “After scrapping its salmon farm on the Eastern Shore, company sets sights on Cecil County,” Sept. 5, 2024).

The endangered Atlantic salmon once were plentiful in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The salmon used for the proposed farm would probably be genetically modified salmon which grow twice as fast. When they escape, they could destroy native salmon through predation, disease and interbreeding. They would also infect and eat other Bay fish species.

The planned recirculating aquaculture system or RAS type of salmon fish farming is state-of-the-art. The water is contained and continually purified and reused. Filtered waste is used for energy to power the operation and used as fertilizer. Vaccines are developed responsively to

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