11.   By contrast, the aquarium gives a thumbs up to wild Alaskan salmon.

12.   California Department of Fish and Game lieutenant Mark Crossland admits that wild salmon endured years of mismanagement, when officials failed to protect their fresh-water spawning grounds.

13.   Devlin stressed that in commercial settings the transgenic salmon will be sterilized to make sure that they do not escape and breed with wild salmon.

14.   Despite the concern over aquaculture, some experts believe that climatic change may be a better candidate as the primary driver of the decline in wild salmon.

15.   Farmed salmon that escape from their cages are mating with wild salmon and producing strains with inferior spawning capabilities.

16.   Federal officials claim that some of these fish are escaping and mating with wild salmon to the detriment of the species.

17.   First, the federal government declared wild salmon in eight Maine rivers endangered and said the fish-farming industry might be partly to blame.

18.   Fish populations, like those of almost all creatures, fluctuate naturally, but scientists say that several new factors might be having an impact on wild salmon.

19.   For the main course, a delicate and firm-fleshed wild salmon reminded me of how inferior the farm-raised variety is.

20.   Hardly any wild salmon are left.