Scientists have learned that particles from car tires are a leading culprit in salmon declines in the Pacific Northwest—and ...
For decades, toxic tire dust has choked coho salmon before they can spawn in their natal streams. Now, King County scientists ...
The 2013-14 winter season, which came during historic drought conditions in California, inhibited salmonids from reaching ...
Scientists first identified toxic tire dust, or more specifically the chemical 6PPD-quinone, as a salmon-killer in 2020. For decades, observers had watched in agony as adult coho salmon ...
One biologist, Michael Riechmuth, counted 150 adult coho salmon in a single day, marking possibly the best spawning season in the creek in over 15 years. The increase in the coho salmon population ...
Coho salmon are returning in record numbers and ... Last year, a record 29,591 adult coho and 11,280 jacks, males that return ...
More specifically, Coho salmon. He was recently awarded a new grant from the Great Lakes Fishery Trust, “Inferring source-specific Production of adult Coho salmon to Lake Michigan”.
Alaska salmon that begin their lives in hatcheries and are released to the sea as fingerlings, return home as adults and ...
MARIN COUNTY, Calif.— The Marin County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a conservation ordinance on Tuesday that would protect coho salmon habitat and end a 15-year legal battle over ...
"Wild salmon continue to struggle to survive in impacted North Shore streams and rivers," says Tony Wachmann, president, Coho Society of the North Shore. "Attending the Coho Festival is an ...