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How could farm raised salmon be harmful to the wild population?

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Aquaculture is often seen as a solution to problems such as overfishing and economic stagnancy, but it also creates new problems, causing detrimental impacts to the water and ecology surrounding the salmon farm. These effects include decreasing biodiversity, elevated mercury levels in wild fish, and introgression.

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