This is just another stressor on wild fish, so we just hope that we see a plan very soon,” he said Monday. He said Atlantic salmon can compete with wild Pacific salmon for food and habitat, as well as spread parasites and viruses. When more than 200,000 Atlantic salmon escaped from a Washington state farm in August 2017, Proboszcz said some fish were later found with wild salmon in their bellies, demonstrating they can also act as predators of Pacific stocks. But the company suggested the exotic species won’t survive in Pacific waters long. There are far too many questions about the impacts about the environment and wild salmon, and it’s time.

Source: National Post December 24, 2019 14:10 UTC