Emergency Klamath water releases planned after Ich found in chinook
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Herald and News] By Lacey Jarrell - September 17, 2014 -
Emergency water releases are being prescribed to prevent a potential fish die-off in the Klamath River.
The water releases are in response to the discovery by fish biologists earlier this week of Ich, a parasitic infection, in Klamath River chinook salmon. The Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) began releasing additional flows from Trinity Reservoir via the Lewiston Dam Tuesday.
Scientists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's California-Nevada Fish Health Center captured and examined 20 fish from the lower Klamath River mainstem. Of those, nine tested positive for Ich parasites, with six of those nine determined to be severe. Ich primarily affects salmon in stagnant water, and was the primary pathogen responsible for the fish die-off in 2002.
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