Inter-population differences in farmed Chinook salmon product quantity and quality

• Published in: Aquaculture
• Main Authors: Lajoie, C. M.E., Love, O. P., Heath, D. D., Heath, J. W., Pitcher, T. E.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholarship at UWindsor 2019
• Subjects: Biochemistry; Biophysics; and Structural Biology; Biodiversity; Biology; Life Sciences; Marine Biology; Slaughter; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/glierpub/200; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.03.008; https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/context/glierpub/article/1138/viewcontent/Lajoie_2019_inter_population_differences_in_farmed.pdf

In British Columbia, Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) are the top finfish aquaculture export of the province, although native Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) are also farmed locally. Few commercial facilities rear Chinook salmon, limiting the availability and development of their broodstocks,...