Adult fall-run Chinook salmon returned to California’s rivers in near record low numbers in 2022As drought dried up rivers that carry California’s newly hatched Chinook salmon to the ocean, state officials in recent years have resorted to loading up the fish by the millions on to trucks and barges to take them to the Pacific.The surreal and desperate scramble boosted the survival rate of the hatchery-raised fish, but still it was not enough to reverse the declining stocks in the face of added challenges. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/24/ocean-salmon-fishing-ban-california-oregon-chinook
Author : Associated Press
Publish date : 2023-03-24 16:13:18
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