This effort is expected to generate a high - quality resource for those responsible for the management of wild salmon stocks and
the salmon aquaculture industry, as well as providing a reference genome for work with other salmonids.
Not exact matches
Failing to protect wild
salmon: Despite overwhelming evidence that open pen fish farms are harming wild
salmon, the B.C. Liberals ignored the New Democrat - led Special Committee on Sustainable
Aquaculture's recommendation to move the
industry to closed containment.
In the longer term, the genomic knowledge will help to streamline the
aquaculture industry while providing consumers with healthier farmed
salmon, produced with as little environmental impact as possible.
He is convinced that the
salmon genome sequence will help to promote a healthier
aquaculture industry.
Many in the
aquaculture industry see cormorants as a threat to native fish stocks, especially
salmon and steelhead trout in the Columbia River Basin near East Sand Island.
It is preparing to launch a campaign that will «target the
aquaculture industry and shine a light on the conditions in which finfish like
salmon, tilapia, catfish, trout, pangasius and other species are raised» (via NPR).
Bob Chamberlin, KAFN chief and representative plaintiff in the action, chided both the Canadian and B.C. governments Aug. 8, saying their continued support of the
aquaculture industry ignores its environmental impact on wild
salmon populations and has forced the First Nation to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.
«The appeal of our certification win by both the Canadian and B.C. governments, and supported by the
aquaculture industry, hinged on technicalities and missed the importance of government's obligation to regulate the open net
salmon farming
industry in a way that protects wild
salmon,» said Chief Chamberlin.