The Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Introductions and Transfers Committee (ITC - a multi-jurisdictional committee with membership from DFO as well as the NL Departments of Fisheries and Aquaculture, and Environment and Conservation) conducted a risk assessment of the importation request under the Canadian Council of Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministers (CCFAM) National Code on the Introductions and [...] In April 2016, Aquaculture Management, Ecosystems Management Branch, NL Region requested Science Branch conduct a peer-review of the risk assessment of the ITC with respect to the following: 1. Provide a science review of the Newfoundland and Labrador Introductions and Transfers European Triploid Atlantic Salmon Risk Assessment, and scientific advice on the genetic, ecological and fish health risk [...] In addition to application of containment measures in the provincial Code of Containment for the Culture of Salmonids in Newfoundland and Labrador (Code of Containment), the Proponent 2 Science Response: Triploid Salmon in Newfoundland and Labrador Region Marine Cage Aquaculture in Placentia Bay plans to use the Aqualine Midgard cage system engineered to exceed the Norwegian technical standard for [...] The current analysis reviews the NL-ITC European Triploid Atlantic Salmon Risk Assessment, to provide scientific advice on the direct and indirect genetic, ecological and fish health risks to wild Atlantic Salmon from the proposed introduction of European triploid Atlantic Salmon to Placentia Bay, NL. [...] Notwithstanding the level of triploidy induction, the proportion of reproductively viable escaped fish that would have the potential to have direct genetic consequences would be dependent on a number of variables, including distribution of farmed fish (number of sites and cages per site), mechanism of escape, volume of escape, time of year, location of site of escape, life stage, survivability, ac
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