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Implications of aquaculture for wild fisheries: the case of Alaska wild salmon

Knapp, G.

FAO Fisheries Proceedings 9: 239-245

2007


Accession: 018495226

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Worldwide aquaculture production is growing rapidly. The experience of Alaska wild salmon suggests that aquaculture may have significant and wide-ranging potential implications for wild fisheries. Salmon farming exposed wild salmon's natural monopoly to competition, expanding supply and driving down prices. Wild salmon has faced both inherent as well as self-inflicted challenges in competing with farmed salmon.

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