Most people think of seafood as either wild or farmed, but in fact both categories may apply to the fish you pick up from your grocery store.  In recent years, for example, as much as 40 percent of the Alaskan salmon catch originated in fish hatcheries, although it may be labelled “all wild, never farmed.”

An article produced by a working group of UC Santa Barbara’s National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) recommends that when a combination of seafood production techniques are used, this be acknowledged in the marketplace.  The group calls on national and international organizations and governmental agencies to use the term “hybrid,” when applicable.

The article is in press with Marine Policy, and is currently available online.

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