Fish Farms Threaten Wild Salmon (2 of 5) (IMAGE)

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Fish Farms Threaten Wild Salmon (2 of 5)

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Young pink salmon infected with sea lice, salmon farm in the background. This image relates to article that appeared in the Dec. 14, 2007 issue of the journal Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Martin Krkošek and colleagues at the University of Alberta in Alberta, Canada, was titled "Declining Wild Salmon Populations in Relation to Parasites from Farm Salmon."

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