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Warming rivers in US West killing fish, imperiling industry
https://apnews.com/article/business-environment-and-nature-fish-climate-change-5c85e86a2ba18171ca55d5de8f89dea3Warming rivers in US West killing fish, imperiling industry
By DAISY NGUYEN
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The plummeting catch already has led to skyrocketing retail prices for salmon, hurting customers who say they can no longer afford the $35 per pound of fish, said Mike Hudson, who has spent the last 25 years catching and selling salmon at farmers markets in Berkeley.
Winter-run Chinook salmon are born in the Sacramento River, traverse hundreds of miles to the Pacific, where they normally spend three years before returning to their birthplace to mate and lay their eggs between April and August. Unlike the fall-run Chinook that survives almost entirely due to hatchery breeding programs, the winter run is still largely reared in the wild.
Federal fisheries officials predicted in May that more than 80% of baby salmon could die because of warmer water in the Sacramento River. Now, state wildlife officials say that number could be higher amid a rapidly depleting pool of cool water in Lake Shasta. Californias largest reservoir is filled to only about 35% capacity, federal water managers said this week.
The pain were going to feel is a few years from now, when there will be no naturally spawned salmon out in the ocean, said John McManus, executive director of the Golden State Salmon Association, which represents the fishing industry.
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Warming rivers in US West killing fish, imperiling industry (Original Post)
dalton99a
Jul 2021
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Aristus
(66,275 posts)1. Oh no! It's imperiling industry!
I guess industry needs to get up off its lazy ass and do something about it!
I'm tired of people having to make sacrifices like clean air and water for the sake of 'industry'. Industry can kiss my ass...
appalachiablue
(41,102 posts)3. PNW Salmon Nearly Boiled Alive, 70F Water, Heat Stress, Disease
- Salmon nearly roasted alive in Pacific north-west heatwave captured on video
A conservation group recorded the video in a tributary of the Columbia River on a day when water temperatures breached 70F..
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/27/salmon-boiled-alive-pacific-north-west-heatwave-video