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Farmed Salmon!
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I'd like more information about those earlier attempts because local opposition to sea based fish farms are claiming that Atlantic escapees are already breeding in northern rivers. Any ideas where to look ? http://www.wa.gov/wdfw/factshts/atlanticsalmon.htm "Numerous attempts have been made in the 20th century by agencies on the Pacific coast to introduce and establish Atlantic salmon. The most recent attempt by WDFW was in 1981 when attempted introductions were made via the release of cultured Atlantic salmon smolts. No adult Atlantic salmon adults returned as a result of the releases. " http://www.barbarycoastdivers.org/2002/08aug/p7.htm "Indeed, a National Marine Fisheries Service report on "The Net Pen Salmon Farming Industry in the Pacific Northwest," released last year, classifies hybridization and colonization of Atlantic salmon in the Pacific as having "little or no risk." The report notes decades of aggressively attempted yet unsuccessful introduction of Atlantics as sport fish. It quotes an estimate of one million Atlantic salmon escaped from sea cages into Puget Sound and British Columbia since 1990 with no evident attachment. It says that "few prey items of any sort have been found in the stomach contents of escaped Atlantic salmon which have been recaptured." In other words, the domesticated salmon, which are able to live for months without eating, as are wild fish returning to spawn, have thus far been unable to establish themselves in this ocean." http://www.salmonfarmers.org/pdfs/colonization.pdf gives an overview of the salmo salar introduction efforts on the west coast. -- http://home.teleport.com/~larryc |
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