SHORT TAKES : Singer Settles Fish Farm Lawsuit

Roger Daltrey, lead singer of The Who, accepted a $272,000 settlement today in his lawsuit against a nearby farm that he blamed for the deaths of up to 500,000 fish at his own trout farm.

Daltrey and his company, Beju Bop Ltd., had sued owners of The Home Farm where a leak of liquid fertilizer in August, 1986, entered a river and caused damage at Daltry’s Iwerne Springs Fish Farm in Dorset in southwest England.

Daltrey, 45, originally had sought damages of $905,000. The Home Farm had admitted liability but disputed the amount of damages.

During a two-day hearing before the settlement was reached, Daltrey gave detailed testimony showing a surprisingly extensive knowledge of fish farming. He said he had been interested in trout farming since he built his own fishery in 1979.