Minister Ogilvie’s comment that testing shows fish found on Verona Sands beach was not linked to a mortality event, lacks crucial reasoning that would support that claim.

What testing did show, was that the remains were consistent with Atlantic Salmon.

Reports from local residents were that there were the gastrointestinal remains of at least 12 fish, and smaller pieces of fish material distributed along the beach earlier the same day.

So, what is the basis for Minister Ogilvie’s unequivocal claim that testing shows the remains were not from a salmon mortality event? It’s certainly not the claim made by the scientists who did the testing.