Epizootics of wild fish induced by farm fish

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• Main Authors: Krkošek, Martin, Lewis, Mark A., Morton, Alexandra, Frazer, L. Neil, Volpe, John P.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: National Academy of Sciences 2006
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Keta; Pacific; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1591297; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17021017; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0603525103

The continuing decline of ocean fisheries and rise of global fish consumption has driven aquaculture growth by 10% annually over the last decade. The association of fish farms with disease emergence in sympatric wild fish stocks remains one of the most controversial and unresolved threats aquacultur...