An environmental group says a company that was found to be illegally operating a fish farm on the Sunshine Coast appears to have abandoned the operation.

Last year, West Coast Fishculture (Lois Lake) pleaded guilty and was fined $350,000 for illegally operating the steelhead salmon farm near Powell River.

As part of the judgment, the company was ordered to remove its infrastructure from Lois Lake.

However, the Watershed Watch Salmon Society says it appears the company just walked away, leaving much of its equipment behind.

“I’m assuming all this material is slowly decomposing and degrading and potentially breaking off,” Stan Proboszcz with the Watershed Watch Salmon Society told Global News.

“I’m concerned about the impacts on the environment. I’m wondering if there is fluid, fuels, h

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