Article: BC Pacific Salmon Forum Releases Its Interim Report on Wild and Farmed Salmon

NANAIMO, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(CCNMatthews - June 28, 2007) - The BC Pacific Salmon Forum today released its interim recommendations to the Government of British Columbia regarding wild and farmed salmon.

The Forum is a citizen body appointed by the Province in 2005 to research and recommend how wild and farmed salmon could be managed sustainably and in a way that will deliver maximum benefits to BC coastal communities.

A summary of Interim Report highlights:

1. The main threats to wild salmon are changes in ocean productivity and in the capacity of watersheds to support wild salmon. A scientific consensus on the role of sea lice in interactions between salmon farms and wild salmon populations ...

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