Friday, December 28, 2007

Wild salmon - Comment on Crummy Salmon farms are Killing Wild Salmon by RBG

Wild salmon- University of Alberta mathematical biologist Marty Krkoek and colleagues show that outbreaks of salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis among wild pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha populations the direct result of infestations within "These young salmon wouldn't be dying if it wasn't for the salmon farms and those sea lice". A Canadian study said wild salmon populations are facing extinction due to intensive farming of salmon for North American dinner tables. via A Canadian study said wild salmon populations are facing extinction due to intensive farming of salmon for North American dinner tables.Headed by an ecologist at the University of Alberta, the study found a direct connection between the The more salmon that growers pack into farms near rivers and streams, the greater the harm done to wild salmon populations, new research suggests. The problem is sea lice, natural parasites that normally attach to adult salmon with VANCOUVER - The BC and federal governments must take immediate action to prevent the local extinction of wild pink salmon from British Columbias Broughton Archipelago, according to the David Suzuki Foundation. The more salmon that growers pack into farms near rivers and streams, the greater the harm done to wild salmon populations, new research suggests. The problem is sea lice, natural parasites that normally attach to adult salmon with A study appearing in the December 14 issue of the journal Science shows, for the first time, that parasitic sea lice infestations caused by salmon farms are driving nearby populations of wild salmon toward extinction.

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