The Common Sense Canadian: Farmed salmon escapes far more common than industry admits: study

Farmed Atlantic salmon (Photo: World Wildlife Federation) A new study published in ICES Journal of Marine Science estimates that that up to 1.5 million farmed Atlantic salmon escape from Norwegian netpens into the wild every year – far more than acknowledged by the industry.  The study was led by Ove T. Skilbrei of the Institute of Marine Research

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