Australian aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna Ltd admitted that up to 80 tonnes of kingfish were wiped out as a huge fish kill occurred on its Eyre Peninsula facility in South Australia, which the company attributed to human error.
Clean Seas revealed that the multiple deaths happened while the fish were being bathed, routinely done in commercial fish-raising in order to counter the onset of parasites and diseases.
According to reports in the Australian media, the incident could lead to a total loss of up to $700,000 (€551,655) for Clean Seas.
This latest setback adds more woes to the firm following a fire last year at its Port Lincoln factory that razed its stocks of feeds and equipments.
Clean Seas, which has been developing a breeding ground for bluefin tuna, saw its shares tumbling down by as much as 58% in February following its announcement of a $14 million (€11 million) half-year loss.
The latest fish kill spurred a 13% decline on Clean Seas' shares.
