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Article: Wading hip-deep through the salmon debate.(canadian classroom)
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- Wind Speaker
- Article date:
- February 1, 2005
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It's tasty and the benefits to your heath are legendary, including boosting your immune system, lowering your risk of heart disease, and increasing your chances against developing osteoporosis, diabetes and cancer.
Salmon, a part of Aboriginal culture from time immemorial--a dietary and economic staple and the subject of art, legend and sacred ritual.
But salmon is in danger. Wild salmon runs are in decline and a debate rages about how the salmon fisheries should be managed. Throw into the mix salmon farming and you have a boatload of contradicting evidence about environmental dangers and health risk and a difficult choice for consumers wanting to pick ...