Protecting wild salmon populations doesn’t require banning farms

We need to put salmon farm disease in perspective with how we respond to infectious disease in humans.

We can recognize the overall benefit of salmon farms for Indigenous Peoples, and fish health professionals can work to minimize farm salmon infectious diseases without the banning of salmon farms, writes Dr. Gary D. Marty.Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY GARY D. MARTY

August 21, 2024

Salmon farm diseases have no more than a minimal effect on wild salmon population size. Fish health professionals can work to further minimize the spread of farm salmon diseases without the banning of salmon farms and the benefits that those farms provide Indigenous peo...

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