Escaped salmon a major threat to future wild fish due to genetic contamination, investigation finds
With 20% of male escapees sexually mature and capable of breeding with wild Atlantic salmon, threat to wild stocks ‘is ...
Saving Irish salmon needs more than a clever new technology from Norway
A recent incident in Killary Harbour provides further evidence that the salmon farming system carries too much risk ...
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Escaped fish farm salmon feared to be breeding weakness into wild cousins
Conservationists are extremely worried for the future of Ireland’s wild salmon after population decline of 70pc in the last 40 years. The iconic fish spawns in Irish rivers, matures in the open ...
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The Red Flag That Something's Fishy About The Salmon You're Buying
The Future of the Last Wild Food," gives us a glimpse of this reality: "Every appearance of the species salmo salar, or 'Atlantic salmon,' in supermarkets today, be they labeled Canadian, Irish ...
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Report reveals escaped salmon in Mayo poses significant threat to wild salmon populations
Dr Cathal Gallagher, Head of Research and Development at IFI, commented, “The potential presence of sexually mature farmed salmon in wild Irish salmon rivers during the spawning period poses a ...