Re: NANFA-- Atlantic Salmon Farming

James Capelle (jcapwet_at_cox.net)
Fri, 7 Nov 2003 18:33:31 -0500

Try these. If the pesticide test sites doesn't work, E-mail me and I'll
forward to the home page. JiM C.

http://www.st.nmfs.gov/

http://www.aquanic.org/

http://www.pesticideinfo.org/List_AquireAll.jsp?Species=90&Effect=

http://www.pesticideinfo.org/List_AquireAll.jsp?Species=68&Effect=

http://www.theaquaculturenews.com/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay DeLong" <thirdwind_at_att.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Atlantic Salmon Farming

> >This is a request for assistance from the ranks of you knowledgable
people
> >who make up NANFA.
> >I'm doing a presentation on Atlantic Salmon Cage Farming for a
> >biodiveristy class and I would like some suggestions for good information
> >sources. I will be focusing on it's impacts on the ocean environment as
> >well as its impacts on the gene pool of the wild salmon. I've pretty
much
> >ignored the topic (and salmon in general) in my piscene reading, so I'm
> >sort of at a loss on where to start. Any help would be very much
appreciated.
>
> Travis, I'm not sure this list is the best place to go actually :-) With
> the gene pool focus it seems you're looking into Atlantics in the Atlantic
> Ocean, right? There are something like 50 times more farmed fish in pens
> in the Atlantic Ocean than wild fish in those same waters. You should
find
> a fair amount of information from agencies and public groups in NE states
> like MAine and eastern Canada Provinces with a click or two on Google, but
> since US and Canadian production is less than 10% of world production of
> farmed Atlantic salmon, look for info from across the Ocean, too.
>
> Can you try to explain what you mean by "impacts on the ocean
environment",
> and have you received any instructions about how to relate your topic to
> the biodiversity theme of your class?
>
> --
> Jay DeLong
> Olympia, WA

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