Salmon farming is costing billions in social and environmental damage
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Greenland, Faroe Islands to stop commercial fishing of wild salmon for 12 years
The deal was made possible by the efforts of the Atlantic Salmon Federation and North Atlantic Salmon Fund.
Ancient Alaskans feasted on salmon 12,000 years ago
Modern archaeology is a lot like crime scene investigation.
Salmon hatcheries cause substantial, rapid genetic changes
The evidence is pilling up that fish grown in hatcheries are very different from those in the wild. A new study ...
Reactions to FDA approving genetically engineered salmon
A few days ago, the FDA approved the genetic engineering of modified Atlantic salmon variety. This is the first food ...
FDA approves first genetically modified animal: a salmon that grows twice as fast
After five years long of pondering, the FDA finally gave the green light for a genetically modified Atlantic salmon variety. ...
Biologists fear salmon kill in Klamath river
It's a tough year for salmon all around the world - now, a new health advisory issued by the U.S. ...
Dramatic Californian Drought Forces Salmon to Take the Highway
California's record drought has completely dried off large swaths of rivers, including the San Joaquin River, which means that juvenile ...
Isotopes inside salmon ear tell a fishy story
According to a new study, just like tree rings carry with them hints about previous dry or rainy years, bones ...
Obama bans drilling in Alaska’s Bristol Bay, citing risk to salmon fishery
In what is not only a laudable initiative but also an interesting precedent, president Obama has declared a large swath of ...
Salmon uses magnetic field to guide itself back home
Sockeye migrating up the Fraser River (conserv.org) For years scientists have been studying the salmon migration path, which is one ...