News tagged with hatchery fish

Growing risks from hatchery fish

A newly published collection of more than 20 studies by leading university scientists and government fishery researchers in Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Russia and Japan provides ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hatchery fish mask the decline of wild salmon populations

Scientists have found that only about ten percent of the fall-run Chinook salmon spawning in California's Mokelumne River are naturally produced wild salmon. A massive influx of hatchery-raised fish that return to spawn in ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Evolution at warp speed: Hatcheries change salmon genetics after a single generation

The impact of hatcheries on salmon is so profound that in just one generation traits are selected that allow fish to survive and prosper in the hatchery environment, at the cost of their ability to thrive ...

Biology / Evolution

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 100 | with audio podcast

Wild rainbow trout critical to health of steelhead populations

Genetic research is showing that healthy steelhead runs in Pacific Northwest streams can depend heavily on the productivity of their stay-at-home counterparts, rainbow trout.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists worry North Pacific salmon may run out of food

With the number of salmon in the North Pacific having doubled in the past 50 years, scientists are increasingly concerned there may not be enough food to support them, and changing ocean conditions could make it even worse.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 28, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Averting the perfect storm for wild salmon

We hear so much about missing wild salmon and recently a record run. But Simon Fraser University scientists say a population explosion of hatchery and wild salmon in the North Pacific Ocean is leading hatchery fish to beat ...

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hatchery fish may hurt efforts to sustain wild salmon runs

Steelhead trout that are originally bred in hatcheries are so genetically impaired that, even if they survive and reproduce in the wild, their offspring will also be significantly less successful at reproducing, according ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1