On August 19, 2017, tens of thousands of farmed non-native Atlantic salmon are accidentally released into the wild in Washington waters in the 2017 Cypress Island Atlantic salmon pen break. The year's #1 song was "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran.
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Featured · August 19, 2017
Tens of thousands of farmed non-native Atlantic salmon are accidentally released into the wild in Washington waters in the 2017 Cypress Island Atlantic salmon pen break.
The Atlantic salmon is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. 3 ft) in length. Atlantic salmon are found in the northern Atlantic Ocean and in rivers that flow into it.
2017 (MMXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2017th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 17th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 8th year of the 2010s decade.
2017—Tens of thousands of farmed non-native Atlantic salmon are accidentally released into the wild in Washington waters in the 2017 Cypress Island Atlantic salmon pen break.
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The Atlantic salmon is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. 3 ft) in length. Atlantic salmon are found in the northern Atlantic Ocean and in rivers that flow into it.
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Died on August 19, 2017
Dick GregoryAmerican comedian, actor, writer, activist and social critic (1932–2017)