US: Snake River dams will not be removed to save salmon
The U.S. government announced Friday that four huge dams on the Snake River in Washington state will not be removed to help endangered salmon migrate to the ocean.
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Study links at-risk orcas' failed pregnancies to scarce food
Endangered killer whales that frequent the inland waters of Washington state are having pregnancy problems because they cannot find enough fish to eat, according to a new study.
Plants & Animals
Jun 29, 2017
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The effect of stress on Atlantic salmon's congenital immunity to IPN
Stress affects the congenital immune defence system. New doctoral research has revealed how stress can lower the immunity of salmon and increase its susceptibility to viral infection.
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Jan 2, 2013
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Sterile farmed salmon can reduce genetic impact on wild fish
Interbreeding between escaped farmed salmon and their wild counterparts is a major headache for the aquaculture industry. Now Norwegian fish farming companies are raising one million sterile salmon in sea cages – for the ...
Ecology
Aug 27, 2013
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Canada approves genetically modified salmon for food
Canada's health ministry on Thursday approved a type of genetically modified salmon as safe to eat, making it the first transgenic animal destined for Canadian dinner tables.
Biotechnology
May 19, 2016
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Fast-growing fish may never wind up on your plate (Update)
(AP)—Salmon that has been genetically modified to grow twice as fast as normal could soon show up on American dinner plates. That is, if the company that makes the fish can stay afloat.
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Lake Huron's Chinook salmon fishery unlikely to recover due to ongoing food shortage
Lake Huron's Chinook salmon fishery will likely never return to its glory days because the lake can no longer support the predatory fish's main food source, the herring-like alewife, according to a new University of Michigan-led ...
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Mar 14, 2016
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New research reveals surprising differences between salmon species
It is well known that salmon provides a range of valuable nutrients, including omega-3 fatty acids and protein. But it can be confusing for consumers to know which species offers the highest level of nutrition when they are ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 10, 2020
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New promise in sea lice-eating lumpfish
Ballan wrasse and goldsinny wrasse are currently the principal biological weapons to fight sea lice at fish farms in Trøndelag county and further south. As these two species are sensitive to cold temperatures, they would ...
Ecology
Aug 27, 2012
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Newly-hatched salmon use geomagnetic field to learn which way is up
Researchers who confirmed in recent years that salmon use the Earth's geomagnetic field to guide their long-distance migrations have found that the fish also use the field for a much simpler and smaller-scale migration: When ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 16, 2018
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