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Pacific salmon populations now exist in all the Great Lakes. Coho stocks were planted in the late 1960s in response to the growing population of non-native alewife by the state of Michigan. Now Chinook (King), Atlantic, and Coho (silver) salmon are annually stocked in all Great Lakes by most bordering states and provinces.
T he popularity of farmed Atlantic salmon on dinner tables worldwide has been a disaster for the king of fish. A new study determined that 865 million farmed salmon have died in mass die-offs in ...
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources euthanized Atlantic salmon that were sick with bacterial kidney disease. Michigan Department of Natural Resources euthanizes more than 31,000 Atlantic ...
It is vital to salmon conservation that the remaining wild salmon be able to spawn in safe, quality habitats so that the populations of salmon can rise again. Conservation versus Restoration Conserving salmon broadly refers to saving, using with care, and taking precaution, whereas restoration refers to returning salmon runs back to a previous ...
The Chinook salmon / ʃ ɪ ˈ n ʊ k / (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) is the largest and most valuable species of Pacific salmon. [2] Its common name is derived from the Chinookan peoples. Other vernacular names for the species include king salmon, Quinnat salmon, Tsumen, spring salmon, chrome hog, Blackmouth, and Tyee salmon.
In the U.S. Pacific Northwest 28 populations of salmon and steelhead are listed under the Endangered Species Act and around half of BC Pacific salmon populations are in decline.
The coho salmon fishery was well-established by 1967, [6] with state biologists reporting that survivability of the 1966 plantings had exceeded expectations. [7] Although the state's first coho salmon fishing season opened April 1, [8] the 1966 coho salmon plantings were not expected to make a big run until the fall of 1967. [9]
In some recent sleuthing by salmon scientists, more than 3.4 California hatchery salmon of all runs were marked beginning last spring by coded wire tags to follow their whereabouts.