salmon

How salmon find their way back home to spawn

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:23:41 +0000

Before they end up filleted and sautéed on your dinner plate, salmon lead some pretty extraordinary, globe-trotting lives.

After hatching in a freshwater stream, young salmon make a break for the ocean, where they hang out for years, covering thousands of miles before deciding its time to settle down and lay eggs in their natal stream.

So how do these fish find their way back to their home river?

According to one theory, it's all about magnetism.

Salmon crossing interrupted by dog

The Associated Press — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:46:50 +0000

UNION, Wash. — A flooding river covered a road in Washington, allowing some migrating salmon to swim across the pavement.

Pesticide protections for Pacific salmon head to court

Gabriel Spitzer — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:27:02 +0000

An East Coast court case could have big impacts on West Coast fish, and farmers too. Chemical manufacturers are suing the federal government to get a rule restricting pesticide use wiped off the books.

In 2008 the National Marine Fisheries Service ruled a certain class of pesticides is a mortal threat to salmon and steelhead populations. Organophosphates are common on farms, and used to be widely used in gardens before regulators phased them out.

For 2nd time, salmon virus information withheld in Canada

Jake Ellison and The Associated Press — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:23:11 +0000

Sen. Maria Cantwell is calling for stronger communication between American and Canadian officials following the disclosure that Canada failed to reveal the results of tests that appear to show the presence of a potentially deadly salmon virus nearly a decade before a salmon-virus scare this fall.

This is the second time that Canadian officials have been accused of muffling a scientist’s findings concerning viruses and salmon.

Sen. Cantwell wants U.S. to confirm salmon virus

The Associated Press — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:51:49 +0000

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell is calling on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to independently confirm the presence of a deadly virus found in two Pacific salmon in British Columbia.

Condit Dam in southwest Washington coming down

The Associated Press — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:23:17 +0000

VANCOUVER, Wash. – Work is under way to remove the Condit Dam in southwest Washington and restore salmon and steelhead habitat on the White Salmon River.

The 125-foot tall dam was built in 1913 about three miles from the Columbia River.