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Loss of salmon farms not only cause of BC pink returns, net-pen opponent Morton clarifies

British Columbia-based scientist and salmon farming opponent Alexandra Morton has acknowledged that the elimination of net pens was not likely the only factor in the return of pink salmon to BC waters

By Liza Mayer | Sept. 1, 2023 16:43 BST
Alexandra Morton stressed that she never exclusively attributed the surge in Fraser River pink salmon returns to the closure of select salmon farms. Photo: Official website of Alexandra Morton
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Alexandra Morton clarified Thursday (Aug. 31) that she never held the position that the recent significant increase in pink salmon returning to British Columbia could be exclusively attributed to the removal of Atlantic salmon farms in the Discovery Islands of BC. [...]

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