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CHLORINE SMELL: The area around the facility is closed off by police roadblocks and it smells like chlorine down by the water. The service vessel FDA Astri assists in the work. Photo: Naina Helen Jaama

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SIMANES (VG / ALTAPOSTEN): 15,000 liters of chlorine ended up right in the water at a salmon slaughterhouse.

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The consequence: 96,000 farmed salmon, which amounts to just over 430 tonnes of fish, died. The fire brigade says they can not do anything to collect the chlorine. Now the question is how this affects the environment in the fjord.

– This is a very unfortunate case. This will not happen, says Alta mayor Monica Nielsen (Labor) to VG.

– We know that this will have consequences for that area, but then we do not know the extent, what it has to say for the wildlife around the facility and how it will affect the sea area around, says the Alta mayor.

The chlorine emission came from Grieg Seafood’s slaughterhouse at Simanes in Alta:

Must examine the environmental impact

In normal operation, chlorine is used to disinfect the processing water at the slaughterhouse, points out Grieg Seafoods. But then it has leaked into the waiting cages that are in the water right outside.

– We do not yet have a complete overview of how the leak has affected the environment in the fjord. Grieg Seafood Finnmark has engaged Akvaplan Niva to conduct an independent study of the environmental impact, including through bottom samples around the slaughterhouse, writes amphitheater contact Roger Pedersen in the company in a press release.

– Chlorine is diluted quickly and broken down quickly in water, and from what we know today, the leak will have had a short-term, acute effect on organisms that were around the slaughterhouse when the incident occurred. The environmental survey, which is expected to take a few days, will provide a final answer, he points out.

Here you see the waiting cages, right outside the slaughterhouse:

1 of 4Photo: Naina Helen Jaama

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The fire service pointed out that they could not get chlorinated out of the water, as is the case with oil spills, for example.

– There is nothing more we can do. Chlorine spreads very easily in water, so there is nothing we can do to collect it. We have not put out any booms or anything like that, said duty manager Jørn Eriksen at the 110 exchange when the fire brigade left the place on Tuesday morning.

– Seriously looking at this type of discharge

The Norwegian Coastal Administration states that they will ask Grieg Seafoods for an account of the environmental consequences of the discharge, and then see if it is necessary to start an investigation. The state administrator in Troms and Finnmark contributes with advice.

– On a general basis, we take this type of discharge seriously. Chlorine is toxic to aquatic organisms and has an acute toxic effect. In this case, it has meant that 460 tonnes of farmed fish (last estimate is 430 tonnes journ. Note) has died, writes section leader Anne Fløgstad Smeland at the state administrator in an e-mail.

– The discharge will, however, be diluted in the water masses in the fjord. As the concentration decreases, the acute toxic effect will also decrease. The overall environmental effects will therefore not be clarified until more information in the case has been obtained, they point out.

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Must examine the environmental impact

– Seriously looking at this type of discharge

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