|
|
Article: Commercial fish farms `wiping out' wild salmon
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 1, 2002
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 2002 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
AN EXPLOSION in commercial fish farming has caused a huge fall in
the population of wild salmon, with 15 per cent of salmon rivers in
Europe and North America found to be barren in a survey by the World
Wide Fund for Nature.
Marine conservation experts from Canada, Norway, the United States
and Britain claim that fish farming - rather than preserving stocks
of wild salmon, as was predicted 30 years ago - is one of the most
damaging threats to the species. The conservation groups are calling
for a crackdown on the practice, the establishment of aquaculture-
free zones and a stop to commercial fisheries.
"Research shows that farmed fish negatively affect wild Atlantic
salmon," said Bill ...