Salmon

of kilometers inland: Pacific salmon. October's Pacific rains create prime spawning conditions for wild Pacific salmon. It's also a banner month for the towering trees of British Columbia's coastal temperate rainforests. However, you might be surprised that it's the salmon, not the rain, that make it such a great month for the trees. This story of salmon, bears and trees illustrates the interconnected web of life, and has aptly spawned the name "The Pacific salmon forest". Right now, millions…

The approval of AquAdvantage Salmon to be sold in U.S. markets represents a new concept in the agricultural market: selling genetically modified animals. It marks the first time that a company has been permitted to sell GM animals for food by the U.S. government. AquAdvantage is an Atlantic salmon that has had genes added to its genome from both “Pacific chinook salmon… [and] ocean pout.” It was created by “Massachusetts-based AquAdvantage,”who want to start selling the product in widespread…

It was like any other day in the Akomish home of Salmon Bay. The seagulls were flying about, and the sun was as radiant as ever. Yet for, some reason it felt like today was gonna take an unforeseeable turn, you felt it in your gut. What had you extremely puzzled however, was the reason behind that unshakable feeling. You didn't know what it was! You were taking a stroll by the bay in Salmon Bay to take your mind of a few things, to have some time to yourself. Isabel was generous enough to drop…

change may be partly to blame for the decreasing number of Atlantic salmon. Some direct biological impacts of the change in climate include physiological stress, increased depletion of energy reserves, increased susceptibility and exposure to disease and disruptions to breeding efforts there is evidence that the temperature of the sea's surface may affect the young salmons survival. It is also thought that climate change may affect salmon growth rates or make their food less available. It has…

position in the industry for producing genetically-modified salmon. The other major players that are in the same genetically-modified food industries have a different focus towards crops and plants. As shown in Figure 1, it has a relatively high importance to ensure the success of this technology in terms of marketability. It still has not able to have the largest advantage as the process has not been 100% sterile. AquAdvantage salmon is best known for its larger size of fish and cheaper price.…

inefficiencies are squeezed out. This is because information flows more freely. Everything happens much faster. All kinds of documents - from emails to spreadsheets and product specs - can be exchanged rapidly between networked users. In the Special Salmon case, the headquarters can update the different varieties of fish, prices for each type of fish, quantity demanded and quantity supplied for each type of fish on its internal network daily. As such, all these information will be made available…

To create genetically modified salmon the salmons' DNA is altered using genetic engineering. In the genetically engineered salmon, there are the added growth genes from the Oncorhynchus tshawytscha or more commonly known as the pacific chinook salmon, and the switch-on gene from the Zoarces americanus, or more commonly known as the ocean pout. To input these genes from the pacific chinook salmon and the ocean pout into the salmon, recombinant DNA technology is used. The scientists first…

Catching My First Fish Have you ever caught a salmon? If you have then you know then they put up a fight. This is how I caught my first salmon. It was a cool afternoon and I was about 9 years old, I was casting an orange spinner, under the bridge at Black River. I was getting tired of fishing because I haven’t caught anything all day. I was slowly reeling in the lure back up to the bank of the river. I had a hit! I tried to set the hook, but I didn’t set the hook in time. I sighed and then…

protecting different species in the case of Chinook salmon and steelhead makes perfect sense. Salmon is the lifeblood of the pacific northwest. It feeds the forests, wildlife, communities, and the economy. It is no surprise that nearly 80% of funding was devoted to these two species. Populations of Chinook salmon and steelhead have declined rapidly since the 1980s and it appears despite our best efforts they are continuing to decline. Chinook salmon and steelhead are of cultural importance to…

the environment it will slow down global warming and grow more crops for human consumption. This dam can also be used for irrigation purposes like growing crops for humans and animals alike. You can also use this water as clean drinking water. The salmon population will maintain similar to what was before because ninety-seven percent still survive. It will slow down global warming by not having us burn coal for energy creating greenhouse gases that are speeding up the melting of the polar…