Biologists dispute fish farm study that says farmed salmon can coexist with real salmon

Biologists dispute fish farm study that says farmed salmon can coexist with real salmon

Source: alaskareport

8/3/2006

Biologists dispute fish farm study that says farmed salmon can coexist with real salmon

A new study by the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans suggests farmed Atlantic salmon and Pacific salmon can coexist on the Pacific coast. The study, authored by scientists Richard Beamish and Simon Jones, claims juvenile pink salmon that entered the eastern margin of the Queen Charlotte Strait in 2003 and returned as adults the following year had a high survival rate, despite 16 Atlantic salmon farms operating in the area.

But some biologists and conservationists say so many young salmon survived because four farms were emptied or fallowed in 2003, reducing the amount of sea lice and viruses that would have infected them.

However, Beamish said Wednesday that's based on an assumption that the juvenile fish are taking a specific migration route.

Salmon, Pink

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