The global salmon production industry was threatened by gigantic losses. Due to human activity, the most popular types of salmon risks repeat the fate of river types of red fish, dramatically reducing their population. This is reported by Bloomberg agency with reference to market participants.
The environmentally surveyed environmentalists claim that the size of popular species of ocean salmon is rapidly reduced. These conclusions confirm all participants in the production chains, starting by the provider of OBI Seafoods marine products, ending with the chef of the Ivar’s fish restaurant chef.
“Over the past eight-ten years, salmon sizes began to become less and less. It is very annoying when the supplier sends it to me, and I see the size of this fillet,” said Ivar’s restaurant chef on the Seattle Embankment.
According to their estimates, for the last 8-10 years, the fish decreased in the amount of 2-8 percent, depending on the specific type. Scientists associate a sharp decline in the size with climate change and human intervention in fragile ecosystems, as a result, salmon began to return to fresh rivers faster, without having time to grasp.
with such a problem earlier faced in Europe. Creating a system of dam in fresh rivers and uncontrolled fish catch led to a sharp reduction in the population of Atlantic salmon (salmon) and cod. Now scientists fear that such a fate can overtake their Pacific relatives.
fears are confirmed by numbers. Last year, the catch in the area of Alaska collapsed by 56 percent and amounted to $ 295.2 million. Moreover, the losses will hit in Russia – the share of Moscow and Washington accounts for 85 percent of the extraction of Pacific salmon in the world.
In addition to serious financial losses for the industry, a sharp decline in the number of salmon will hit the further chains of local ecosystems – the fish is a key source of food for bears and eagles.