The Salmon Fisheries

The film Salmon confidential had initially been released on October 2nd, 2013; Since then, the status of British Columbia fish farming may just have a promising future. For too long has the fish farming industry in British Columbia gotten away with destroying the population of wild salmon. Despite this, recently the fish farming industry has been running into problems that threaten the survival of their industry in British Columbia. Currently, there are 130 floating fish farms in British Columbia, all of these fish farms have been infected with contagious diseases that are spreading to other wild salmon that travel in these areas. The companies in change of the fish farming have been trying to hide the fact that their farms have caused a major

A massive threat to Alaskan salmon is the pebble mine. At the beginning of the Nushagak and Kvichak rivers in the Bristol bay area, lies the biggest salmon community in the world. If the p mine was built, it would be the 2nd largest open pit for gold/copper/molybdenum in the world.

The average period of time that sockeye salmon live in the wild is 4 to 5 years. The oldest salmon that was caught was 8 years of age. Usually sockeye salmon die after mating (“Longevity, aging and life history of Oncorhynchus nerka”, 2009; Groot, 1966)One thing about sockeye salmon that is special and unique about them is that they swim in runs when migrating to freshwater streams to spawn. They additionally establish gregarious hierarchies, conventionally at times of reproduction. The most astronomically immense male is most ascendant (Crutchfield and Pontecorvo, 1969; Quinn, 2005). The predators of sockeye salmon are considered to be bears, lake trout, squawfish, mountain whitefish, and birds such as mew gull. Humans additionally consume a considerable about sockeye salmon.

Salmon hatcheries have been operated for a variety of purposes throughout their its history in this region, from harvest augmentation, to mitigation of habitat destruction, to conservation and preservation of native populations. Despite this long history, we are only just beginning to understand how hatchery-raised fish interact with and effect wild populations of salmon. Research shows that captive-bread salmon impact wild salmon in a variety of ways, from competing with them directly for resources, to reducing the fitness of wild populations through interbreeding between wild fish and less-fit hatchery fish. These findings have serious implications for the hatchery industry, and as the focus of hatchery operation switches from augmentation

Every year about fish are gathered. The Frozen North is the main maker of wild salmon on the planet and has the main salmon industry confirmed as maintainable. Alaska's salmon fishery has been an essential component of Alaska's history. Alaska's first cannery opened in 1878, in Klawock. By the 1890s the business created a huge number of instances of salmon every year, and was Alaska's driving industry. Today, the Alaska salmon fishery is incredibly famous. Noteworthy rivalry from cultivated salmon, in any case, has diminished the market for Alaska wild salmon. Business angling contributes to Alaska's monetary base.

Researchers believe that the declining salmon populations are mainly the result of the four H’s, harvesting habits, hydropower, habitat loss, and hatchery fish (Ruckelshaus et al., 2002, pp. 679). Harvesting habits refers to the impact overfishing has on the salon populations (Ruckelshaus et al., 2002, pp. 679). Every year, around 385,000 metric tons of Pacific salmon are caught by commercial fisherman and with weak stock conditions, the natural life cycle of these fish cannot keep up (Knapp, 2007). Hydropower refers to the dams that currently block many rivers in the Pacific Northwest that prevent salmon from reaching or returning from their native spawning grounds (Gore and Doerr, 2000, pp. 40-41). This means that salmon cannot breed as

However, there is a growing number of fish harvested for domestic consumption (Cooke, 2007). With the motivations of fishing differing, the management of trout are considered when thinking of the quality of life. Considering the fish size, the number of fish caught and the number of attempts; “strikes” as well as the fishing environment can enable the fish population and the sport of angling a happy balance. Thus, the estimates of mortality from catch-and-release are now tied into fishery management. Scientist are discovering that other environmental factors are posing more of a danger to fish than fisherman. For example, the movement of a male fish to a nest can result in “nest abandonment” which can result in the loss of reproduction for individual fish. With the management of catch-and-release, nest abandonment is less likely to

The Chinook Salmon or Oncorhynchus tshawytscha is one of my chosen vertebrates, the Chinook Salmon are found natively in the Pacific Ocean, they are anadromous meaning they are born in fresh water, they move gradually move to deep salt water oceans when they are young before returning back to the fresh water streams where they hatched as fully matured adults to lay eggs and die.

In the California Central Valley, fall‐run juvenile Chinook salmon rear typically from January to June. However, in some years, the rearing period may be reduced due to high water temperatures in April. Growth and survival rates of juvenile Chinook salmon are affected by water temperature and cover (e.g., substrate pore spaces, gravel interstices, boulders, snags, over‐hanging vegetation, root wads, under‐cut banks, and macrophytes). Cover is important for protection from predation, flow displacement, water temperature stress, and the fish caloric intake optimization. Human-induced sources of stress to the riverine ecosystems include: “(1) overfishing (i.e., extracting larger quantities of fish than the system can sustain naturally); (2) nutrient

Salmon are born in an area away from the coast, they will then migrate away. About 4-5 years later, the salmon will make a treacherous journey back to the exact spot where they were hatched. The salmon will return to this area (temperate rainforest) because of the large supply of fresh water. This is because eggs can only survive in freshwater. It is said that there is small bits of iron in the brains of salmon that act as a compass to steer them towards the north and to their birthplace. After 2 months of travelling through open sea, the salmon will arrive at the coast. This is when their journey becomes a lot riskier, as only 4/1000 salmon will reach their birthplace. Many species, such as the bald eagle and salmon shark, will feed on the

During the last two decades Marine farming of Atlantic salmon has become an important food-producing industry. There has been a rapid growth in the development of this industry but simultaneously facing major health issues in fish. Usage of vaccination can controls many of the most important bacterial diseases but viral diseases have been more difficult to control. This is because the Atlantic salmon are more prone to viral diseases at the early stage of their life.(Rimstad, E., & Mjaaland, S. (April 01, 2002).) Infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) is a major disease of Atlantic salmon,caused by an orthomyxovirus (ISAV). Outbreaks of unexplained mortalities attributed to infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) were examined in the 1996 year class of Atlantic

Salmon culture site selection: considerations for the determination of an appropriate location for a partially integrated coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) operation.

They have a sequence of living water like the control of body fluids and ions during the transition from fresh to salt water and back again. there will be three main things that must occur when is a smolt salmon before going to the salty ocean. First of all, it must start drinking a lot of water because usually fish that live in freshwater do not drink too much water as they take in the water through their gills and skin. On the other hand, saltwater fish do actively drink sea water as their gills process the water and take out the salt. Second of all, their kidneys have to drop their urine production as it is collected by ducts near the vent.

Salmon farming is becoming more and more popular as salmon population increases. Currently, over half the salmon sold globally is farm-raised in Northern Europe, Chile, Canada, and the United States, and the annual global production of farmed salmon has risen from 24,000 to over 1 million metric tons during the past two decades (Hites, pg. 226). Because salmon farms are so widespread, salmon from farms in northern Europe, North America, and Chile are now available widely year-round at relatively low prices (Hites, pg. 226). The problems that occur from salmon farming, mostly come from how they are contained. Most salmon farm use open net-cages in the ocean which helps the salmon move around freely. Complications arise with these types of containments

Alaskan Salmon is imported for sale in most major UK supermarkets when Scottish salmon is out of season.