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Net Loss: The Storm Over Salmon Farming

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Producer(s)	Moving Images Video Project
Director(s)	Mark Dworkin, Melissa Young
Release Date	1999
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Runtime	52 min
Youth Media	n

Film Description

Decades of poor fisheries management and habitat loss have decimated many wild salmon runs. Now there's a new way to produce fish - raising them in giant underwater cages known as “net pens”.

Net Loss identifies several significant problems related to net pen salmon farming: escapement of non-native species; depletion of stocks of fish used to feed farmed salmon; excessive pollution due to large amounts of concentrated fish waste; the unintended consequences of drugs administered to keep farmed salmon healthy; and the propensity of farmed salmon to infect wild populations with diseases.

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Last Updated On:	May 22, 2012