Scientists Not Surprised to Report Escaped Farmed Salmon Breeding With Wild Species in Newfoundland
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [CBC News] By Mark Quinn - September 21, 2016
Research has confirmed that escaped farmed salmon are breeding with wild salmon and producing offspring in many rivers in Newfoundland.
"We did find evidence of successful breeding between farmed and wild salmon. Approximately a third of the individuals we sampled showed evidence of hybrid ancestry," said Department of Fisheries and Oceans scientist Ian Bradbury, of the unpublished study presented at an international aquaculture conference in St. John's on Tuesday.
Researchers studied thousands of fish in 18 rivers on the island's south coast, and found evidence of interbreeding in 17 of them...
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