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SALMON SOLUTIONS?

found the July 2022 article about the collapse of the Cypress Island salmon farm (“Salmon in Troubled Waters”) to be equal parts fascinating, maddening and depressing. I was fascinated by the excellent storytelling about the events of August 2017, maddened by the complete lack of responsibility and humility on the part of Cooke Aquaculture, and depressed by the potential and already-realized impacts on wild salmon populations. What can those of us who love a good salmon dinner do to ensure that we are choosing salmon that are harvested sustainably —

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