Ecology Body Warns of Dangers from Fish Farms

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Ecology Body Warns of Dangers from Fish Farms

GENEVA (Reuters) - The explosion in fish farming in coastal waters around the world is a mounting danger to the environment and to the survival of wild species, the conservation organization WWF-International said on Monday.

And the Swiss-based body said fish escaping from pens used by the growing number of salmon-breeding businesses on inland rivers could speed the destruction of stocks of wild Atlantic salmon, highly prized for its rich taste.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=570&ncid=753&e=1&u=/nm/20030811/sc_nm/environment_fishfarms_dc

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