date:May 16, 2012
w the ecological effects were largely hypothetical. Now we know the problems are real and warrant more attention from fisheries managers.
The research volume, published in the May issue of Environmental Biology of Fishes, brings together 23 peer-reviewed, independent studies carried out across the entire range of Pacific salmon, including some of the first studies describing the impact of hatcheries on wild salmon populations in Japan and Russia.
The studies provide new evidence that fast-