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Anderson's Chinook salmon egg count plummets due to younger fish and fewer females
the bigger adults. Last year, the hatchery had 2,500 female chinook salmon, but this fall, there is only 1,000 female salmon that returned, very short of their 3,500 goal. This year, about 60% are ...
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Survey Shows Only 17 Wild Spring Chinook Salmon Return to Oregon’s South Umpqua River
PORTLAND, Ore.— The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s recent count of spring-run Chinook salmon returning to the South Umpqua River showed just 17 wild adult fish detected during snorkel ...
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Oregon, Northern California Coastal Chinook Salmon Move Closer to Endangered Species Protection
In response to a petition by the Native Fish Society, Center for Biological Diversity and Umpqua Watersheds, the National Marine Fisheries Service determined today that the Oregon Coast and southern ...
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Washington’s struggle: How far-too-slow salmon recovery impacts Orcas like Tahlequah | Opinion
In 2018, the Southern Resident Killer Whale named Tahlequah gave birth to a female calf that sadly ... prefer to eat Pacific Northwest salmon, specifically Chinook salmon, the largest and fattiest ...
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Scientists at PSU, OSU find microplastics in seafood, including Chinook salmon
Researchers at Portland State University have discovered microplastics in the edible tissue of several Pacific Northwest fish ...