
N.B. salmon freed in 'nightmare' scenario: scientist CBC \|\| November 18, 2005 An estimated 100,000 farmed salmon in New Brunswick have been freed from their cages in the latest act of vandalism that one scientist is calling a "nightmare scenario." Police say it's the fourth major vandalism crime against the Cooke Aquaculture Company on Deer Island. The released farmed salmon are a danger to the diminishing stocks of wild salmon, says Dr. Fred Whoriskey, the Atlantic Salmon Federation's chief scientist. Article Posted at www.KnowledgeDrivenRevolution.com Farmed salmon have smaller brains, are helpless against predators and programmed to swim in circles. Whoriskey says he's afraid the farmed salmon will interbreed with their wild counterparts. "My ultimate nightmare release period is large fish near to or actually mature getting out very close to the spawning season ... and that's exactly what this last vandalism event has done." Nell Halse of Cooke Aquaculture says the company is devastated by its $3-million loss but insists there's no danger to wild fish. "They are cousins to what you're finding in the river," says Halse. "The fish that were lost are not mature; they're 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms) ... so they're not going into spawn." The scientist says the fish are free of disease and the company is trying to recapture them. The other acts of vandalism against the company occurred last summer, when underwater cages were slashed, releasing tens of thousands of salmon. Salmon populations on the west and east coasts of North America are declining. The wild Atlantic population has not rebounded and remains at about 3.5 million worldwide, with some scientists fearing the wild species could become extinct. About KDR \| \| Home \| \| Weekly Features Archive	Weekly Weekly Features Archive
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N.B. salmon freed in 'nightmare' scenario: scientist

CBC || November 18, 2005

An estimated 100,000 farmed salmon in New Brunswick have been freed from their cages in the latest act of vandalism that one scientist is calling a "nightmare scenario."

Police say it's the fourth major vandalism crime against the Cooke Aquaculture Company on Deer Island.

The released farmed salmon are a danger to the diminishing stocks of wild salmon, says Dr. Fred Whoriskey, the Atlantic Salmon Federation's chief scientist.

Article Posted at www.KnowledgeDrivenRevolution.com

Farmed salmon have smaller brains, are helpless against predators and programmed to swim in circles.

Whoriskey says he's afraid the farmed salmon will interbreed with their wild counterparts.

"My ultimate nightmare release period is large fish near to or actually mature getting out very close to the spawning season ... and that's exactly what this last vandalism event has done."

Nell Halse of Cooke Aquaculture says the company is devastated by its $3-million loss but insists there's no danger to wild fish.

"They are cousins to what you're finding in the river," says Halse. "The fish that were lost are not mature; they're 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms) ... so they're not going into spawn."

The scientist says the fish are free of disease and the company is trying to recapture them.

The other acts of vandalism against the company occurred last summer, when underwater cages were slashed, releasing tens of thousands of salmon.

Salmon populations on the west and east coasts of North America are declining. The wild Atlantic population has not rebounded and remains at about 3.5 million worldwide, with some scientists fearing the wild species could become extinct.

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