On 16 Dec, 06:19, JR wrote:
Tim Lysyk wrote:
This time it is a Canadian population of salmon that is threatened.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7142053.stm

Tim Lysyk

One of the many ironies of this story is that it only refers to
"Canadian salmon", ignoring the distinction that the wild salmon
threatened are Pacific salmon of the genus Oncorhynchus (O.
gorbuscha), while the farmed salmon causing the trouble are
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), fish that have no business in the
Pacific ocean to begin with.

Well, no business other than Business....

Still, the basic problem is that if you artificially increase the
population density of a species, you're going to increase
density-dependent transmission of parasites. Something to keep
in mind the next time you're tempted to buy salmon in the store
at such a "reasonable" price.... a price, in fact, lower than it
was 10-15 years ago, before coastal farming took off....

- JR

Very true. The stuff is being sold at dumping prices.

May be also be of interest;

http://www.salmonfarmmonitor.org/

http://www.wild-fishing-scotland.co....php?board=28.0