The broken promise of salmon hatcheries
Steamboater and North Umpqua Foundation board member Karl Konecny argues that it’s time to give up our addiction to hatcheries and focus on restoring Oregon’s …
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To “save” endangered salmon, scientists use 20-year-old frozen sperm
Another half baked idea to try to improve the quality and genetic diversity of hatchery salmon. In an effort to get a wide range of …
Salmon Ceasefire
Wrap your head around this factoid. Alaska dumps 1.8 billion hatchery salmon into the ecosystem. Alaska’s salmon farmers and their critics have come to an agreement …
HUNGER: The decline of salmon adds to the struggle of Puget Sound’s orcas
Twin monarchs of the Pacific Northwest, chinook salmon, and southern resident orcas, are struggling for survival after a century of habitat losses. From the Pacific …
Increase of pink salmon may be leading to the decline of kings
Pink, chum and sockeye salmon have been doing really well over the past few decades. A new study published in Marine and Coastal Fisheries finds in the …
The fish equivalent of the Matrix
Here’s a detailed look at the technology used to tag young hatchery salmon and steelhead.
Doubling Down on the Broken Promise of Fish Hatcheries
You have to hand it to them. It was a wildly creative and successful bait and switch—perhaps the biggest con ever played on the once …