A global synthesis of peer‐reviewed research on the effects of hatchery salmonids on wild salmonids

Ecosystem-based management outperforms species-focused stocking for enhancing fish populations

(2023) Johannes Radinger et al.   SCIENCE

One hundred‐seventy years of stressors erode salmon fishery climate resilience in California’s warming landscape

(2022) Stuart H. Munsch et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Epigenetic effects associated with salmonid supplementation and domestication

(2022) Ilana J. Koch et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES

Effects of stocking at the parr stage on the reproductive fitness and genetic diversity of a wild population of Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar L.)

(2022) Raphaël Bouchard et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Assessing the role of supplementation stocking: A perspective

(2022) Julie E. Claussen et al.   FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AND ECOLOGY

Strong Parallel Differential Gene Expression Induced by Hatchery Rearing Weakly Associated with Methylation Signals in Adult Coho Salmon (O. kisutch)

(2022) Maeva Leitwein et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Standards of conduct and reporting in evidence syntheses that could inform environmental policy and management decisions

(2022) Andrew S. Pullin et al.   Environmental Evidence

Epigenomic modifications induced by hatchery rearing persist in germ line cells of adult salmon after their oceanic migration

(2021) Maeva Leitwein et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Historical Records Reveal Changes to the Migration Timing and Abundance of Winter Steelhead in Olympic Peninsula Rivers, Washington State, USA

(2021) John R. McMillan et al.   NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

The crucial role of genome-wide genetic variation in conservation

(2021) Marty Kardos et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Role of environmentally induced epigenetic transgenerational inheritance in evolutionary biology: Unified Evolution Theory

(2021) Michael K Skinner et al.   Environmental Epigenetics

More on the Factors that Limit the Abundance of Pacific Salmon (Oncorhynchus spp., Family Salmonidae) during the Ocean Phase of Their Life History

(2020) V. P. Shuntov et al.   Russian Journal of Marine Biology

Climate and competition influence sockeye salmon population dynamics across the Northeast Pacific Ocean

(2020) Brendan Connors et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Prevalence of infection in hatchery‐origin Chinook Salmon ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ) correlates with abundance of Ceratonova shasta spores: implications for management and disease risk

(2020) H. Eve Robinson et al.   NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

Stocked fish introgression into wild Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis ) populations depends on habitat

(2020) Spencer A. Bruce et al.   TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY

Density‐dependent effects of eastern Kamchatka pink salmon ( Oncorhynchus gorbuscha ) and Japanese chum salmon ( O. keta ) on age‐specific growth of western Alaska chum salmon

(2020) Tessa J. Frost et al.   FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHY

Recent declines in salmon body size impact ecosystems and fisheries

(2020) K. B. Oke et al.   Nature Communications

Evaluation of genetic effects on wild salmon populations from stock enhancement

(2020) Ingerid J Hagen et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Introgression despite protection: the case of native brown trout in Natura 2000 network in Italy

(2019) Andrea Splendiani et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Biological resources in the Sea of Okhotsk Large Marine Ecosystem: Their status and commercial use

(2019) V.P. Shuntov et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Impacts of stocking and its intensity on effective population size in Brook Charr (Salvelinus fontinalis) populations

(2019) Philippine Gossieaux et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Introgressive hybridization between native and non-local steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss ) of hatchery origin

(2019) Dana E. Weigel et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Release of hatchery-reared brown trout (Salmo trutta) as a threat to wild populations? A case study from Austria

(2019) Kurt Pinter et al.   FISHERIES RESEARCH

Fishery collapse, recovery, and the cryptic decline of wild salmon on a major California river

(2018) Malte Willmes et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Wild Chinook salmon productivity is negatively related to seal density, and not related to hatchery releases in the Pacific Northwest

(2018) Benjamin W Nelson et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Demographic changes in Chinook salmon across the Northeast Pacific Ocean

(2018) Jan Ohlberger et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Pink Salmon induce a trophic cascade in plankton populations in the southern Bering Sea and around the Aleutian Islands

(2018) Sonia Dawn Batten et al.   FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHY

Signals of large scale climate drivers, hatchery enhancement, and marine factors in Yukon River Chinook salmon survival revealed with a Bayesian life history model

(2018) Curry J. Cunningham et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Increased natural reproduction and genetic diversity one generation after cessation of a steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) conservation hatchery program

(2018) Barry A. Berejikian et al.   PLoS One

Numbers and Biomass of Natural- and Hatchery-Origin Pink Salmon, Chum Salmon, and Sockeye Salmon in the North Pacific Ocean, 1925-2015

(2018) Gregory T. Ruggerone et al.   Marine and Coastal Fisheries

Long-term demographic and genetic effects of releasing captive-born individuals into the wild

(2018) Janna R. Willoughby et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Long-term evaluation of fitness and demographic effects of a Chinook Salmon supplementation program

(2018) Ilana Janowitz-Koch et al.   Evolutionary Applications

A natural‐origin steelhead population's response to exclusion of hatchery fish

(2018) Ian I. Courter et al.   TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY

Predicting the genetic impact of stocking in Brook Charr (Salvelinus fontinalis ) by combining RAD sequencing and modeling of explanatory variables

(2017) Justine Létourneau et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Are hatchery chum salmon fry a native invader? Direct and indirect effects of stocking salmon fry on stream organisms

(2017) Koh Hasegawa et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Parallel epigenetic modifications induced by hatchery rearing in a Pacific salmon

(2017) Jérémy Le Luyer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Relocation and Recolonization of Coho Salmon in Two Tributaries to the Elwha River: Implications for Management and Monitoring

(2017) Martin Liermann et al.   TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY

Effects of hatchery supplementation on abundance and productivity of natural-origin Chinook salmon: two decades of evaluation and implications for conservation programs

(2017) David A. Venditti et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Evaluating signals of oil spill impacts, climate, and species interactions in Pacific herring and Pacific salmon populations in Prince William Sound and Copper River, Alaska

(2017) Eric J. Ward et al.   PLoS One

Recent genetic changes in enhanced populations of sea trout (Salmo truttam.trutta) in the southern Baltic rivers revealed with SNP analysis

(2016) Roman Wenne et al.   AQUATIC LIVING RESOURCES

Loss of genetic diversity and reduction of genetic distance among lake trout Salvelinus namaycush ecomorphs, Lake Superior 1959 to 2013

(2016) Shauna M. Baillie et al.   JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH

A single generation of domestication heritably alters the expression of hundreds of genes

(2016) Mark R. Christie et al.   Nature Communications

The genetic legacy of more than a century of stocking trout: a case study in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA

(2015) Sierra M. Love Stowell et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Productivity and life history of sockeye salmon in relation to competition with pink and sockeye salmon in the North Pacific Ocean

(2015) Gregory T. Ruggerone et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Current status of the brown trout (Salmo trutta ) populations within eastern Pyrenees genetic refuges

(2015) Rosa M. Araguas et al.   ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER FISH

A Synthesis of Findings from an Integrated Hatchery Program after Three Generations of Spawning in the Natural Environment

(2015) David E. Fast et al.   NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AQUACULTURE

Analyzing large-scale conservation interventions with Bayesian hierarchical models: a case study of supplementing threatened Pacific salmon

(2015) Mark D. Scheuerell et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Effects of hatchery chum salmon fry on density-dependent intra- and interspecific competition between wild chum and masu salmon fry

(2014) Koh Hasegawa et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Genetic risks of supplementing trout populations with native stocks: a simulation case study from current Pyrenean populations

(2014) Raquel Fernández-Cebrián et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Loss of genetic integrity in wild lake trout populations following stocking: insights from an exhaustive study of 72 lakes from Québec, Canada

(2014) Eliane Valiquette et al.   Evolutionary Applications

On the reproductive success of early-generation hatchery fish in the wild

(2014) Mark R. Christie et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Putting the Red Back in Redfish Lake, 20 Years of Progress Toward Saving the Pacific Northwest's Most Endangered Salmon Population

(2014) Paul A. Kline et al.   FISHERIES

Extirpation and Tribal Reintroduction of Coho Salmon to the Interior Columbia River Basin

(2014) Peter F. Galbreath et al.   FISHERIES

Genetic diversity within sea trout population from an intensively stocked southern Baltic river, based on microsatellite DNA analysis

(2014) R. Bernaś et al.   FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AND ECOLOGY

Long-term effects of stock transfers: synergistic introgression of allochthonous genomes in salmonids

(2014) J. L. Horreo et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Unintentional selection, unanticipated insights: introductions, stocking and the evolutionary ecology of fishes

(2014) J. A. Hutchings   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Neutral and selective processes shape MHC gene diversity and expression in stocked brook charr populations (Salvelinus fontinalis)

(2014) Fabien C. Lamaze et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Loss of Genetic Integrity in Hatchery Steelhead Produced by Juvenile-Based Broodstock and Wild Integration: Conflicts in Production and Conservation Goals

(2014) Daniel M. Bingham et al.   NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

Use of an Ecosystem-Based Model to Evaluate Alternative Conservation Strategies for Juvenile Chinook Salmon in a Headwater Stream

(2014) D. R. Warren et al.   NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

Hatchery practices may result in replacement of wild salmonids: adult trends in the Klamath basin, California

(2013) Rebecca M. Quiñones et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES

The balancing act of captive breeding programmes: salmon stocking and angler catch statistics

(2013) K. A. Young   FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AND ECOLOGY

The use of hatchery technology for the conservation of Pacific and Atlantic salmon

(2013) Desmond J. Maynard et al.   REVIEWS IN FISH BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES

A set of SNPs for Salmo trutta and its application in supplementary breeding programs

(2012) Gašper Pustovrh et al.   AQUACULTURE

Brown trout population structure highly affected by multiple stocking and river diversion in a high mountain national park

(2012) Jens Thaulow et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Understanding admixture patterns in supplemented populations: a case study combining molecular analyses and temporally explicit simulations in Atlantic salmon

(2012) Charles Perrier et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Reduced fitness of Atlantic salmon released in the wild after one generation of captive breeding

(2012) Emmanuel Milot et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Effective size of a wild salmonid population is greatly reduced by hatchery supplementation

(2012) M R Christie et al.   HEREDITY

Supportive breeding boosts natural population abundance with minimal negative impacts on fitness of a wild population of Chinook salmon

(2012) Maureen A. Hess et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

RESTORING SALMON HABITAT FOR A CHANGING CLIMATE

(2012) T. Beechie et al.   RIVER RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS

Conservation and enhancement of wild fish populations: preserving genetic quality versus genetic diversity 1This paper is derived from the J.C. Stevenson Memorial Lecture delivered by Bryan Neff at the Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research in Winnipeg, Manitoba, January 2010.

(2011) Bryan D. Neff et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Reduced recruitment performance in natural populations of anadromous salmonids associated with hatchery-reared fish

(2011) M. W. Chilcote et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Reduction in fitness limits the useful duration of supplementary rearing in an endangered salmon population

(2011) Heather D. Bowlby et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Predation by hatchery yearling salmonids on wild subyearling salmonids in the freshwater environment: A review of studies, two case histories, and implications for management

(2011) Seth W. Naman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES

Lack of trophic competition among wild and hatchery juvenile chum salmon during early marine residence in Taku Inlet, Southeast Alaska

(2011) Molly V. Sturdevant et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES

Perspectives on wild and hatchery salmon interactions at sea, potential climate effects on Japanese chum salmon, and the need for sustainable salmon fishery management reform in Japan

(2011) Masahide Kaeriyama et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES

Evidence for competition at sea between Norton Sound chum salmon and Asian hatchery chum salmon

(2011) Gregory T. Ruggerone et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES

Mechanisms influencing competition between hatchery and wild juvenile anadromous Pacific salmonids in fresh water and their relative competitive abilities

(2011) Christopher P. Tatara et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES

Hatcheries, Conservation, and Sustainable Fisheries—Achieving Multiple Goals: Results of the Hatchery Scientific Review Group's Columbia River Basin Review

(2011) P. J. Paquet et al.   FISHERIES

Is hatchery stocking a help or harm?

(2010) Hitoshi Araki et al.   AQUACULTURE

Impact of stocked Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) on habitat use by the wild population

(2010) P. Laffaille   ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER FISH

The response of a brown trout stocks and perception of anglers to cessation of brown trout stocking

(2010) J. BAER et al.   FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AND ECOLOGY

Loss of genetic integrity correlates with stocking intensity in brook charr (Salvelinus fontinalis)

(2010) A. D. MARIE et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Using an unplanned experiment to evaluate the effects of hatcheries and environmental variation on threatened populations of wild salmon

(2009) Eric R. Buhle et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Carry-over effect of captive breeding reduces reproductive fitness of wild-born descendants in the wild

(2009) H. Araki et al.   Biology Letters

Competition between native and introduced salmonid fishes: cutthroat trout have lower growth rate in the presence of cutthroat–rainbow trout hybrids

(2009) Steven M. Seiler et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Impacts of supplementation: genetic diversity in supplemented and unsupplemented populations of summer chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) in Puget Sound (Washington, USA)

(2009) Maureen P. Small et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Evidence of two contrasting brown troutSalmo truttapopulations spatially separated in the River Borne (France) and shift in management towards conservation of the native lineage

(2009) A. Caudron et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Sixty years of anthropogenic pressure: a spatio-temporal genetic analysis of brown trout populations subject to stocking and population declines

(2009) MICHAEL M. HANSEN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Increases in steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) redd abundance resulting from two conservation hatchery strategies in the Hamma Hamma River, Washington

(2008) Barry A Berejikian et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

How well can captive breeding programs conserve biodiversity? A review of salmonids

(2008) Dylan J. Fraser   Evolutionary Applications

Assessing the long-term genetic impact of historical stocking events on contemporary populations of Atlantic salmon,Salmo salar

(2008) A. K. FINNEGAN et al.   FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AND ECOLOGY

Genetic assessment of Atlantic salmonSalmo salarand sea troutSalmo truttastocking in a Baltic Sea river

(2008) J. Nilsson et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Run Timing, Spawn Timing, and Spawning Distribution of Hatchery- and Natural-Origin Spring Chinook Salmon in the Imnaha River, Oregon

(2008) Timothy L. Hoffnagle et al.   NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT