That's true. I want to be clear. The research we have, the information and advice we have, and our experience do not raise concerns. I'm not raising concerns today about halibut aquaculture or cod aquaculture. It's Atlantic salmon aquaculture. Again, the disease and sea lice are bad enough, but it's the escapes and the huge number of escapes. The genetic introgressions and genetic impacts are permanent. You could take every wild Atlantic salmon river. The salmon run, the salmon stock in those rivers, has evolved over thousands and thousands of years. People living in Cape Breton can tell a Margaree just by looking at it. People have to spend a lot of time in the salmon business. Salmon anglers can tell a Margaree fish from a West River Sheet Harbour fish by looking at it.
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