Conservation: Farmed Atlantic Salmon Escapees are Interbreeding
Wild populations of salmon are adapted to temperature, flow rate, pH levels - farmed fish have been bred for fast growth in a closed environment. [...]
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Bass population explodes at expense of Atlantic salmon
In Canada, wild Atlantic salmon advocates alarmed at the exploding striped bass population marauding prime salmon pools as far upriver as 60 miles [...]
Into the water, unseen and toxic
"My underwater camera lights illuminated the blood - shimmering with scales, so there were tons of little chunks of blood and scales and small pieces of offal mixed in there.” [...]
News: Canadian Wildlife Federation president charged with salmon poaching
Rick Bouzan, president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Wildlife Federation has brushed with the law before, charged, and eventually convicted. [...]
Of Interest: Healthy juvenile coho dine on relatives’ remains
While juvenile coho salmon feed directly on spawning pink and chum salmon carcasses and eggs, even coho with no direct contact with spawning pink and chum benefit from their nutrient contributions to stream ecosystems [...]
June 18, 2014
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