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Hatchery Fish Are Less Successful at Reproducing in the Wild

Brian Owens · April 25, 2019 ·

Genetic experiments show hatchery escapees that breed with wild fish have fewer offspring. Every spring, hatcheries in Alaska release more than a billion year-old pink and chum salmon. The fish spend a year out at sea growing up, before they return to be caught by the state’s fishing fleet. At least, that’s how it’s supposed […]

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