Wild Salmon

Evidence Mounts That Hatchery Salmon Harms Wild Salmon

Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Wild Salmon Population, Hatchery Salmon, Farmed Salmon Studies, Wild Salmon, Wild Salmon Studies, Farmed Salmon, Food News

A recently published collection of 23 peer-reviewed and independent studies found evidence that some salmon from hatcheries are harming wild salmon po...

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Mr. President: Keep Wild Salmon on Our Plates!

Chris Wood | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Salmon, Bristol Bay Salmon Population, Alaska Salmon, Wild Salmon, Alaska, Bristol Bay, Pebble Mine, Bristol Bay Mining, Green News
Chris Wood

Bristol Bay demonstrates that some places should be left free of industrial development because their natural resource values, and the benefits they provide to people, outstrip short-term development values.

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Many Salmon In The Wild Aren't Actually Wild

The Huffington Post | Joe Satran | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Wild Salmon Hatcheries, Salmon, Aquaculture, Video, Wild Salmon, Chinook Salmon, Chinook Salmon Population, Salmon Aquaculture, Chinook Salmon California, Food News

Four years ago, the once-mighty Chinook salmon runs in California and Oregon were so small that the states agreed to an unprecedented moratorium on fi...

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Southwest Alaska Residents Approve Initiative Barring Large-Scale Mining That Threatens Salmon

Joel Reynolds | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Salmon, Wild Salmon, Bristol Bay Salmon, Wild Salmon Bristol Bay, Salmon Bristol Bay, Pebble Mine, Alaska, Bristol Bay, Green News
Joel Reynolds

In the Lake and Peninsula Borough, the residents have approved a prohibition against large-scale resource extraction that would destroy or degrade salmon habitat. In a historic result against enormous odds, the Save Our Salmon initiative has prevailed.

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Election Day in Bristol Bay: Lake and Pen Borough Residents Vote on Salmon Protection Initiative

Joel Reynolds | Posted 12.06.2011

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Joel Reynolds

Tuesday October 4, 2011 -- was a big day in southwest Alaska. It marked the conclusion of voting on the Save Our Salmon ("SOS") initiative being considered by the residents of the Lake and Peninsula Borough, where the massive Pebble Mine is proposed to be built.

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Why Wild Salmon Is Worth the Fight(video)

Nicole Betancourt | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Salmon, Video, Bristol Bay Mining, Wild Salmon, Gmo Salmon, Gmo, Bristol Bay, Paul Greenberg, Fake Salmon, Genetically Modified Salmon, Farm Salmon, Food News
Nicole Betancourt

Next year, developers plan to apply for permits for the construction of America's largest open-pit copper and gold mine, in the heart of Alaska's most valuable salmon runs. It's not too late for us to stop them if we act now.

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Frankenfish Foiled? Setback For Genetically Modified Salmon Approval

AP | By MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Salmon, Wild Salmon, Genetically Modified Salmon Vote, Frankenfish, Genetically Modified Salmon, House Salmon Vote, Food News

WASHINGTON -- The House voted Wednesday to prohibit the Food and Drug Administration from approving genetically modified salmon for human consumption....

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Study: Sea Lice From Salmon Farms Infecting BC Sockeye

Chris Genovali | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: British Columbia, Fraser River, Fish Farming, Wild Salmon, Sockeye-Salmon-Canada, Sea Lice, Salmon Farms, Salmon Lice, Green News
Chris Genovali

A new study provides the first link between salmon farms and elevated levels of sea lice on juvenile Fraser River sockeye salmon in British Columbia.

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Just Say No To "Certified Organic" Farmed Salmon

Chris Genovali | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Organic-Certification, British Columbia, Wild Salmon, Organic Food, Farmed Salmon, Green News
Chris Genovali

Take some pellets with fish meal, add a dash of pink chemical pigments, sprinkle with antibiotics, decorate with bacteria and viruses, glaze with PCB's and you have your average farmed salmon fillet.

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Green News Report: July 29, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salmon, Lithium-Ion Battery, Cap and Trade, Chevy Volt, Oil Spill Response, Wind Energy, Sustainable Food, Epa, Green News Report, Pollution, China, Canada, Tar Sands, Stephen Chu, General Motors, Big Oil, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Electric Cars, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Department of Energy, Global Warming Deniers, Michigan, Global Warming, Bp, Factory Farming, Wild Salmon, Alternative Energy, Nissan Leaf, Energy Efficiency, Senate, BRAD BLOG, Water, Green News, Ocean Acidification, Wildfires, Climate Legislation, Moscow, Oceans, BP Oil Spill, Extreme Weather, Clean Energy Legislation, Green News
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a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=324031097"> TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on y...

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Salmon: California, Oregon Fish Moved To "Avoid" Designation

Slashfood | Clare Leschin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salmon, Wild Salmon, California Salmon, Farmed Salmon, Sustainability, Sustainable Seafood, Salmon Avoid, Seafood, Food News

For you eaters who avoid farm-raised salmon and instead seek out wild-caught varieties, your job just got a little more complicated. According to Th...

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A Buzzkill Guide to Sustainable Seafood (PHOTOS)

Jerusha Klemperer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peter Hoffman, Wild Salmon, Farmers Market, Shrimp, Slidepollajax, Sushi, Sustainable Fishing, Monterey Bay Seafood Watch, Sustainable Seafood, Mark Bittman, Food, Bluefin Tuna, Shrimp Farming, Food News
Jerusha Klemperer

With fears about mercury levels in fish, concern about seafood from China, and news of the impending extinction of the Bluefin tuna, many of us have seafood anxiety on the brain.

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Green News Report -- March 18, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Target Switches Farmed Salmon For Wild Salmon

The Daily Green | Brian Clark Howard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Big box retailer Target has already won accolades from greens for being out front in stocking sustainable fashion and phasing out toxic PVC plastics f...

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Pursuing Salmon: It's Gotta Be Wild

Neil Zevnik | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Salmon, Recipes, Sustainable Food, Cooking, Wild Salmon, Omega-3-Fatty-Acids, Sustainable Eating, Alaska Salmon, Fresh Food, Green News
Neil Zevnik

The omega-3 essential fatty acids make salmon one of the brightest of superstars in the food firmament, offering myriad health benefits to people young and old.

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Eating Fish, Eating What?

Trey Borzillieri | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wild Salmon, Fish Market, Pcbs, Mercury Poisoning, Whales, Toxins, Fish Farming, Sea, Fish, Sushi, Fishing, Tuna, Fisheries, Green News
Trey Borzillieri

The average consumer is so uninformed about fish that looking through the glass case and pointing is like hitting a button on a vending machine with signage in a foreign language.

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Government May Weaken Endangered Species Act For Fish

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salmon, Wild Salmon, Steelhead, Hatchery-Raised Fish, Endangered Species Act, Animals, Endangered Species, Green News

SEATTLE — A panel of federal appellate judges is being asked to decide whether the government should count hatchery-raised salmon and steelhead ...

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