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Article: A new chemical method for distinguishing between farmed and wild salmon; Wild salmon and farmed salmon can now be distinguished from each other by a technique that examines the chemistry of their scales.
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- September 30, 2009
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M2 PRESSWIRE-30 September 2009-National Oceanography Centre: A new chemical method for distinguishing between farmed and wild salmon; Wild salmon and farmed salmon can now be distinguished from each other by a technique that examines the chemistry of their scales.(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS
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Dr Clive Trueman, who is based at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton said:
"Salmon farming is a big, intensive business. In 2006, around 130,000 tonnes of salmon were farmed in Scotland for the table. Wild populations of Atlantic salmon are in serious decline across their whole range and the total wild population returning to ...