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Hard to believe it’s the same species. But the chinook salmon, conservation heartbreak of the U.S. West Coast, is invading and thriving in South America.
Chinook, or king salmon, largest of the five North American salmon species, reached South America some 25 years ago as people tried to farm them there
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- The news of chinook colonizing South America “absolutely, unequivocally proves how stupid we’ve been in managing our fish,” says Jack A. Stanford
- Unlike their North American relatives, the South American chinook don’t have to cope with dams, extensive fishing and genetic mixing with hatchery fish that dilute the wild stock’s local adaptations, Stanford says.
  
  The South American fish also find cool mountain rivers and rich offshore feeding grounds in the southern part of the continent, Correa says.

May

2008

The ethics of animal flesh — Plenty Magazine

This is another possible "Hot Potato" topic...to make fake meat, or not to make fake meat?

And here's the link to the NPR story: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90235492&sc=emaf

The fake meat thing is a little less "touchy" than the vegetarian thing in general, so I think it could be good. Also, people haven't necessarily chosen "sides" yet...

www.plentymag.com/...the_ethics_of_animal_flesh.php

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