Reply To: Chinook salmon and Salmo domesticus

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ramaldonado
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I think you make a great point about the implications of the wild fish gene pool should it be mixed with Salmo domesticus’ genes. Historically, we have seen what happens to species when humans expose a wild species’ gene pool with that of a domesticated species or even the effect that domestication has on so many wild species. More times than not, the genes that are unique to wild species washes away only to be replaced by traits that only benefit humans. It definitely seems that this situation is heading in the same direction which would be unfortunate for wild salmon, and wild fish in general.

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