Watering Down the Fishery Gene Pool

Friday, June 12, 2009 - 15:21 in Biology & Nature

Plummeting numbers of several salmon and trout species have conservationists looking more and more to hatcheries--where fish are reared in comfortable captivity and then released into natural bodies of water. But this strategy may hurt wild populations, according to a paper published this week in Biology Letters. [More] Presented By: You Need the Speed of Norton 2009 Introducing the revolutionary Norton Internet Security 2009. With a one-click, one-minute install, under 7MB of memory usage and fewer, shorter scans, it?s the fastest security suite anywhere. Get your FREE trial today!Click to Learn More www.norton.com/speed   Ads by Pheedo

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