The company building it accepts fish will be killed in its system, but wants to create new habitats. Proposals for the sea-water cooling system at Hinkley Point C will see 44 tonnes of fish ingested and killed every year, according to EDF, the company building it. “This scheme will decimate fish stocks,” said Dave Seal, a wildlife campaigner. “We already have lost 80% of our salmon, and half of the salmon that get into Hinkley’s cooling system will be destroyed.”
