Alaska Salmon Ranching involves raising salmon in open ocean pens to a certain age then releasing them
Unlike our hatcheries where wild salmon actually have a higher survival rate then our hatchery's.
In alaska because their raise and feed them to an older age they are able to outcompete wild salmon. Yes in BC we have a few Coho and Chinook net pens its no where even close to what Alaska has and we certainly are not doing it with pink salmon. '
So at what age does a salmon have to be in a net pen before it turns from ranching to farming?
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