There’s no doubt that salmon raised in hatcheries are important. They make up the bulk of what’s caught in the ocean. But researchers meeting this week in Portland say hatchery salmon pose a threat to their wild cousins. OPB: Scientists Determine Hatchery Salmon Threaten Wild Fish
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Oregon’s House Speaker Dave Hunt wants wildlife officials to trap and kill sea lions that are hanging out at Willamette Falls near Oregon City. It’s similar to what’s going on at Bonneville Dam. The sea lions have figured out that this spot, on the Willamette River, is a great location for easy pickings of...
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When government and tribal leaders gathered in Salem earlier this year to sign the Klamath basin agreements, the talk was all about dam removal. ”Hasta la vista to the dams,” said California’s Governor Schwarzenegger. But what Schwarzenegger, Governor Kulongoski and the others glossed over is that there is no agreement to remove dams on the...
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The Obama Administration is walking away from what could have become the first big salmon fight of 2010. NOAA Fisheries is dropping plans to cut off spring time spills at four dams on the Lower Snake River.
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After three years of depressing news, there’s finally enough salmon to allow for fishing everywhere on the West Coast this summer.
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In any other part of the country, the idea might sound too crazy to be true. The feds want changes in how they help young salmon in the Columbia River Basin migrate to the Pacific Ocean this summer. Instead of making sure there’s enough water to help salmon swim past dams, the feds propose...
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A rather disturbing story from the Times-Standard newspaper in Northern California. Reporter John Driscoll interviewed scientists, including some from OSU, who say there’s so little water in the Klamath River we may see a repeat of 2002 when as many as 60,000 salmon died. The problem is a tiny parasitic worm that lives in...
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In 1999, Pacific Power, environmental groups and the Yakama Nation reached a landmark agreement to remove the Condit Dam on the White Salmon River. More than a decade later, the dam is still there. The delays are frustrating the Gifford Pinchot Task Force, which recently warned members that time is running out if the...
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Fishing and conservation groups want the Washington Department of Ecology to loosen up some regulations and allow more water to be spilled over dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers. If the timing is done right, spilling more water over dams helps young salmon migrate down river to the ocean. Conservationists compare it to...
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After a few brutal years, things are looking somewhat better for Oregon’s coastal salmon fishermen. The Pacific Fishery Management Council released its salmon forecast for 2010. Salmon numbers on the Sacramento and Klamath rivers are high enough to allow for some kind of commercial fishing season off Southern Oregon and California. Along the Northern...
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