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Elwha River sees largest run of Chinook in decades – Skagit Valley Herald
A story to cheer up David Suzuki this morning (G). The largest run of Chinook salmon in decades returned to the Elwha River this fall, according to officials with the Olympic National Park. Fish are...
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Ocean salmon quota options reflect strong runs – Tacoma News Tribune
Good news at least from the forecast for these fish. Under options approved this week, recreation anglers fishing off the Washington coast this year could see a higher catch quota for chinook salmon...
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Fishing report from the PDN
Wondering how the salt water fishing is going? Here’s todays’ report from the PDN. http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20140801/NEWS/308019985Filed under: Puget Sound Tagged: chinook, fishing,...
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Forage Fish Matter – Video
Forage fish are the backbone of a healthy Puget Sound. They provide the food base for endangered chinook which in turn are relied on by the endangered Southern Resident Orcas. Little Fish + Big Fish =...
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Chinook salmon could be wiped out by 2100, new study claims -CBC
Whether or not this research is correct, the general trend does not look good for Chinook. On the Dungeness River, for example, even with 25 years of recovery work, they are not seeing Chinook return...
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Puget Sound salmon face more ups and downs in river flows – Phys.org
Good news and concerning news from some recent science. Many salmon rivers around Puget Sound have experienced increasing fluctuations in flow over the past 60 years, just as climate change projections...
View ArticleCanadian environmental groups call for closure of chinook fisheries and...
Well, I guess my editorial of the other day was just an example of great minds thinking alike (small joke). Here’s our friends north of the border asking for a closure on chinook. They have also asked...
View ArticleChef Renee Erickson pulls king salmon from menu after learning of starving...
It seems there is something happening, right now. I called for looking into a moratorium on chinook harvest in the Salish Sea and just off the coast, and now (totally separate from my article) Canadian...
View ArticleHuman fishing shown to have little effect on orcas – Kitsap Sun
Fishermen who catch chinook salmon in the Salish Sea probably are not depriving killer whales of a meal — at least not to the extent that some people believed. That’s the preliminary conclusion of an...
View ArticleReturn of the kings! Chinook salmon observed in undammed portion of Elwha...
As the old saying goes, “nature abhors a vacuum”. The Olympic National Park have announced (and reported and commented on by The Peninsula Daily News) that chinook (King) salmon have been spotted above...
View ArticleMore Elwha Dam Removed – PDN
A huge piece of Glines Canyon Dam was blasted away late Saturday as dam removal on the Elwha River resumed. Explosive charges set by demolition crews removed almost the entire eastern third of the...
View ArticleCourt rules to allow commercial troll fishers to continue to over-harvest...
June 23, 2023— In a shocking ruling against Endangered Species protection, a Ninth Circuit Court approved a request by NOAA Fisheries, the State of Alaska, and the Alaska Trollers Association that will...
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