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 …
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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 …
Studying the impact of hatchery-raised salmon
The science is pretty clear, hatchery fish suck.
And there on a branch waiting to jump on the first deer is the goddamn otter!
A group of pesky river otters has devastated fish populations at the Kootenay Trout Hatchery over the past few months after the otters discovered a …
Your License Dollars at Work
Ox·y·mo·ron: a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. For example: Airline food Act naturally Small crowd Hatchery fish trucks delivering …