Farm salmon pose clear reproductive threat to wild gene pools

Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 12:30 in Biology & Nature

While farmed salmon are genetically different to their wild counterparts, they are just as fertile. This is important information because millions of farmed salmon escape into the wild -- posing threats to wild gene pools. The research team of a new study says farmed salmon should be sterilized to protect wild gene pools.

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