Rare rainstorms in Northern California confuse Chinook salmon migrating in the Sacramento River
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [San Franciscio CBS] by December 11, 2014
With all the rain we’ve been having, one would think it would be good thing for the imperiled salmon population. It would be if all that new fresh water wasn’t so confusing. The salmon keep getting lost. Instead of migrating to their spawning ground, they wind up swimming up a ditch and ultimately into a death trap. Fortunately, Department of Fish and Wildlife is working to save them.
Chinook salmon are a multi-billion dollar industry up and down the west coast. The Sacramento River was once abundant with salmon, but years of drought, and man-made problems have devastated the species, landing them on the Endangered Species List...
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