Exceptional marine survival of pink salmon that entered the marine environment in 2003 suggests that farmed Atlantic salmon and Pacific salmon can coexist successfully in a marine ecosystem on the Pacific coast of Canada

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Beamish, Richard J., Jones, Simon, Neville, Chrys-Ellen, Sweeting, Ruston, Karreman, Grace, Saksida, Sonja, Gordon, Elysha
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2006
• Subjects: Ecology; Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Canada; Pacific; Queen Charlotte; Atlantic salmon; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icesjms.2006.04.011; http://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article-pdf/63/7/1326/29126641/63-7-1326.pdf

Abstract Juvenile pink salmon that entered a marine ecosystem along the eastern margin of Queen Charlotte Strait in 2003 and returned as adults in 2004 had very high marine survival. The early seaward migration and midsummer rearing in 2003 were in an area containing 16 active Atlantic salmon farms....