February 03, 2007

Atlantic Salmon in Saskatchewan?!

I was skimming an issue of Outdoor Canada and was blown away to read that Atlantic Salmon have been farmed in Lake Diefenbaker in Saskatchewan and anglers have caught escapees in the Saskatchewan River. I don't understand why people continue to introduce non-native species all over the place. It just seems such a no-brainer that this sort of tampering with nature will have negative consequences.

I ran across this article that has sections on fish farming all across Canada:

The Canadian Society for Bioengineering: The Canadian society for engineering in agricultural, food, environmental, and biological systems. A special issue on aquaculture

Posted by Paul at February 3, 2007 02:09 PM