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Are Atlantic salmon not migratory like Pacific salmon? Pacific salmon are born in fresh water rivers and travel downstream to the river. When it's time to mat

Are Atlantic salmon not migratory like Pacific salmon? Pacific salmon are born in fresh water rivers and travel downstream to the river. When it's time to mate, they migrate back up fresh water streams they were born in to mate and then die. If you were farm born and raised then where would you migrate to mate?

ksec 9y ago
Good Question. But do they not get fished / killed before they mate? As one of the point of farming them is that dont get to fresh water and decrease the risk of parasites.
- noselasd 9y ago
  The ones that escaped the farm might not get killed.
- appleiigs 9y ago
  The article mentions the farmed fish spread parasites because of the cramped spaces. I’m assuming a greater chance of parasites in farm than in the wild?
madhadron 9y ago
About the only thing Atlantic salmon have in common with Pacific salmon is being called salmon and being a member of the trout family.
- cptskippy 9y ago
  From what I've found in my extensive research (5 minutes of Googling), Atlantic salmon still migrate to fresh water sources however unlike their Pacific counterparts they don't die after spawning. Someone should tag and release a bunch of farm raised salmon and see what happens to them.