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Stream of escaped farm fish raises fears for wild salmon

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The escape of an estimated 100,000 farmed salmon in the Orkney Islands, off the north coast of Scotland, has highlighted mounting concerns about the ecological impact of such incidents on natural salmon stocks.

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McDowell, N. Stream of escaped farm fish raises fears for wild salmon. Nature 416, 571 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/416571a

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