Study: Hatcheries reduced genetic diversity of salmon in Swedish rivers
A team of researchers from Sweden, the U.K, and the U.S., has found that the release of hatchery-reared smolts in Sweden has led to a …
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Millions of hatchery salmon will be trucked to the Pacific Ocean
California officials will move 146 individual truckloads of salmon raised at hatcheries to the Pacific Ocean because projected river conditions show that the waterways the …
Not So Pretty In Pink
A detailed analysis by Craig Medred of the increasing body of evidence that the massive influx of hatchery pink salmon is crowding out wild salmon …
Scientists worry B.C. hatchery fish threatening endangered wild chinook
Conservation groups and scientists are sounding the alarm on the long-term consequences of high-volume hatcheries. Because the genes of fish change rapidly to suit their …
Large-scale fish hatcheries hurting Chinook salmon populations
A new report is out on the health of B.C.’s southern Chinook salmon population, and the findings are grim. The report says four populations are …
Hatchery Troubles
Decades into what was once the world’s most productive ocean ranching operation, Japanese researchers have concluded that the nation’s hatcheries managed to breed some …
Fishlandia
Hatchery overload. More than nine out of every 10 U.S. hatchery fish released in the ocean come from Alaska, and the 49th state accounts for …
Hatchery programs likely causing weakening of wild salmon populations
Hatchery salmon have cushy lives compared with their wild brethren. They get their food delivered, but more importantly, they don’t have to successfully spawn, and …
B.C. First Nation feeds hungry grizzlies hatchery salmon carcasses
Another one for the FUBAR files. Because the islands off the northeast coast of Vancouver Island are no longer rich with salmon a B.C. First Nation …
#Artifishal: Salmon-stocking plan for Miramichi denied again
Citing concerns they might weaken the salmon population federal fisheries officials have again denied a New Brunswick company permission to release thousands of hatchery-raised adult …