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Brown Trout Genetics

Why might stocking with farm-reared brown trout have a negative influence on sea trout runs?

Why is interbreeding of farm-reared and wild brown trout a problem?

What is the evidence that farm-reared trout and farm-wild hybrids have reduced fitness compared to wild trout?

Here are Professor Andy Ferguson's answers. 

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