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History and effects of hatchery salmon in the Pacific

Speaking for the Salmon -15
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Edited by: Patricia Gallaugher and Laurie Wood

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Abstract

There has been a long history of production of hatchery salmon along the Pacific coast - from California’s first efforts in the 1870s using eggs from chinook and rainbow trout to the recent large-scale production hatcheries for pink salmon in Japan and the Russian Far East. The rationale for this production has also varied from replacement of fish lost in commercial ocean harvests to mitigation and restoration of salmon in areas where extensive habitat alteration has reduced salmonid viability and abundance. Over the years, we have become very successful in producing a certain type of product from salmon hatcheries, but until recently we seldom questioned the impacts the production and release of hatchery fish may have on freshwater and marine aquatic ecosystems and on the sustainability of sympatric wild salmon populations. This paper addresses the history of hatcheries around the Pacific Rim and considers potential negative implications of hatchery-produced salmon through discussions of biological impacts and biodiversity, ecological impacts and competitive displacement, fish and ecosystem health, and genetic impacts of hatchery fish as threats to wild populations of Pacific salmon.

Publication type Conference Paper
Publication Subtype Conference Paper
Title History and effects of hatchery salmon in the Pacific
Series title Speaking for the Salmon
Chapter 15
ISBN 0-86491-245-5
Year Published 2004
Language English
Publisher Simon Frasier University
Publisher location Vancouver, BC
Contributing office(s) Alaska Science Center
Description 15 p.
Larger Work Type Book
Larger Work Subtype Conference publication
Larger Work Title Proceedings: The world summit on salmon, June 10-13, 2003
First page 153
Last page 167
Conference Title The world summit on salmon
Conference Location Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC
Conference Date June 10-13, 2003
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