Fish sauce, anyone? A small town in Canada’s east is finally getting rid of a foul smell
Summary
A small town called St. Mary’s in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, has long suffered from a strong rotten fish smell coming from abandoned fish sauce tanks left by a company over 20 years ago. The town has started a cleanup to remove the leftover fermented fish sauce and stop the bad odor.Key Facts
- St. Mary’s has about 300 people and is located in Canada’s easternmost province.
- The bad smell came from about 110 tanks, each with 3,000 gallons of fermented fish sauce.
- The tanks belonged to the Atlantic Seafood Sauce Company, which closed more than 20 years ago.
- The abandoned factory building was damaged and left to decay, keeping the smell strong.
- The town’s volunteer mayor, Steve Ryan, said the smell was very bad and hard to describe.
- The cleanup will drain the tanks and mix the fish sauce with peat moss to absorb it.
- The waste will be stored safely in a lined pit and covered with soil afterward.
- The project costs 1.7 million Canadian dollars, funded by the provincial government, with the town contributing a loan they expect to repay.
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