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Incidence and impacts of escaped farmed Atlantic salmon Salmo salar in nature

Year of publication 2008

Pages 110

Author Thorstad, E.B., Fleming, I.A., McGinnity, P., Soto, D., Wennevik, V. & Whoriskey, F.;Fisheries and Aquaculture Management Division

Publisher World Wildlife Fund, Inc. ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 9788242619662

Series number 0804-421X - NINA Special Report 36

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This report was commissioned by the Salmon Aquaculture Dialogue. The Salmon Dialogue is a multi-stakeholder, multi-national group which was initiated by the World Wildlife Fund in 2004. Participants include salmon producers and other members of the market chain, NGOs, researchers, retailers, and government officials from major salmon producing and consuming countries. The goal of the Salmon Aquaculture Dialogue is to develop and implement verifiable environmental and social performan ce levels that measurably reduce or eliminate key impacts of salmon farming and are acceptable to stakeholders. The group will also recommend standards that achieve these performance levels while permitting the salmon farming industry to remain economically viable. The Salmon Aquaculture Dialogue focuses their research and standard development on seven key areas of impact of salmon production including: social; feed; disease/parasites; escapes; chemical inputs; benthic impacts and si ting; and, nutrient loading and carrying capacity. Funding for this report and other Salmon Aquaculture Dialogue supported work is provided by the members of the Dialogue’s steering committee and their donors. The steering committee is composed of representatives from the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform, Fundación Terram, Marine Harvest, the Pew Environment Group, the Norwegian Seafood Federation, Skretting, SalmonChile, Salmon of the Americas, and the World Wildlife Fund.

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Thorstad, E.B., Fleming, I.A., McGinnity, P., Soto, D., Wennevik, V. &Whoriskey, F. 2008. Incidence and impacts of escaped farmed Atlanticsalmon Salmo salar in nature. NINA Special Report 36. 110 pp.

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