Sentences with phrase «farmed salmon populations»

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But in a study in the December 14th issue of the journal Science, researchers say these farms could drive wild salmon populations to extinction.

Today nearly all the salmon on grocery shelves is farmed, and the population of the wild variety is four to five times lower than it was before the Industrial Revolution.

With the Food and Drug Administration's recent approval of GM salmon (SN Online: 11/19/15), for example, scientists agree that there is a slim possibility that escapees could harm native fish populations; that risk could be curtailed, however, with strict oversight about where and how such fish are farmed.

While the conclusions of this study were not without controversy, it did seem that the salmon populations recovered when the farms idled.

«If raised correctly, [farmed salmon] can help meet global demand for high - quality protein and take some of the pressure off of highly depleted populations of wild fish.

While the group's focus remains on climate change, they have also raised awareness around the environmental impacts of fish farming and pesticides and promoted salmon population protection.

«Farming salmon in this way — as opposed to focusing on nurturing healthy and sustainable wild salmon populations — is its own form of colonization.»