Tag: Alaska
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NATURE: ‘Ocean ranching’ has led to a pink-salmon boom — but there might be a catch
Salmon raised in captivity and released into rivers bound for the North Pacific are breeding with wild salmon, raising concerns among scientists about the fishes’ future. A new study published this month on pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) in Alaska predicts that such interbreeding will increase the size of the species’ population but decrease its diversity.…