“An ample buffet of freshwater food, brought on by climate change, is altering the life history of one of the world’s most important salmon species.” Read the full story at UW News.
“Salmon species, known for undertaking arduous upstream migrations, appear to owe a good deal of their athletic ability to the presence of a single enzyme.” Read more here.
“Environmental changes, habitat degradation and international fishing pressure contributed to the fall in the eight stocks, NOAA said in a statement.” Learn more here.
“Bristol Bay is approaching the record for sockeye salmon harvest once again. As of July 21, fishermen in Bristol Bay’s five districts had harvested just more than 42 million salmon.” Read more here.
Canadian officials are getting creative with solutions to get spawning salmon past a 16FT waterfall. Big Bar experienced a massive landslide resulting in the huge barrier for returning salmon populations. Officials are planning to airlift the salmon over the obstruction so that they can successfully spawn. Read about their plan here.