Domestic-wild hybridization to improve aquaculture performance in Chinook salmon

• Published in: Aquaculture
• Main Authors: Semeniuk, Christina A.D., Capelle, Pauline M., Dender, Mitchel G.E., Devlin, Robert, Dixon, Brian, Drown, Jane, Heath, John, Hepburn, Russell, Higgs, Dennis M., Janisse, Kevyn, Lehnert, Sarah J., Love, Oliver P., Mayrand, Jessica, Mickle, Megan, Pitcher, Trevor E., Neff, Bryan, Semple, Shawna L., Smith, Jennifer L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholarship at UWindsor 2019
• Subjects: Aquaculture; Biomass; Chinook salmon; Growth; Heterozygosity; Hybridization; Outcross; Survival; Canada; British Columbia; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/ibiopub/37; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.734255

Salmon farming is one of Canada's fastest growing industries and contributes to Canada's economy as well as creating jobs in rural areas; however, the industry is challenged by the need to balance production economics against environmental impacts. While Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) are t...