Fisheries
OSU: Columbia River Basin fish stocks fail to improve despite billions in conservation spending
Efforts totaling more than $9 billion have failed to improve stocks of salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River Basin, new research finds.
Fisheries
Can dam removal actually restore fish populations in U.S. rivers?
Dams have helped build nations but fish – and river health – have paid a steep price. Dam removal can have restorative effects on ecosystems.
Health & Welfare
Kames and Xelect partner on steelhead trout genetics
Scottish aquaculture genetics company Xelect is partnering with U.K. steelhead trout producer Kames Fish Farming on a selective breeding program.
Responsibility
Switch to steelhead has Cooke on a new path in Puget Sound
Cooke Aquaculture Pacific is awaiting approval to farm a species native to Washington at Puget Sound sites where it previously produced Atlantic salmon.
Innovation & Investment
Developments in closed-containment technologies for salmonids, part 1
The recent 2017 Aquaculture Innovation Workshop in Vancouver brought together numerous stakeholders involved in and interested in fish farming – particularly salmonids – in the growing industry of closed-containment systems.
Health & Welfare
Iodinated feed reduces stress in steelhead trout
A study at Purdue hypothesized that when provided with iodine, the thyroid would increase the production of thyroid hormones in steelhead trout.