Tribes are true stewards of the salmon

Seeded on Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:33 AM EST (Redding Record Searchlight)

The Hoopa and Yurok tribes have fished sustainably on the Klamath and Trinity rivers for thousands of years. Our great-grandparents remember when nearly a million salmon returned to the basin every year to spawn.

politics, salmon

No reason to drag out salmon fight

Seeded on Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:32 AM EST ()

.S. District Court Judge James Redden has scheduled a hearing Monday on the Obama administration's recently submitted salmon recovery plan.

politics, salmon

Salmon Center Embraces New Belfair Farm Home

Seeded on Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:31 AM EST ()

Growing crops and rearing alpacas have been added to the list of programs being conducted by Pacific Northwest Salmon Center, which recently moved into its new home near the Belfair wetlands. For the first time in years, staffers from the salmon center and Hood Canal Salmon Enha …

us-news, salmon

Trying to Bring Salmon Back to Russian River

Seeded on Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:30 AM EST ()

The Russian River supplies drinking water for some 600,000 people in Sonoma and Marin counties, and it's also home to the endangered coho salmon and threatened chinook salmon.

politics, salmon

Aquaculture makes it's case

Seeded on Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:36 AM EST ()

The case for farmed salmon was put to Comox Valley Regional District directors this week. Vincent Erenst, the managing director of Marine Harvest Canada, had sought a direct audience of directors because he considered arguments in favour of the industry were not being heard. …

business, salmon, fiswh-farming, aquaculture

Building a Sustainable Fisheries Future: World Fisheries Day 2009

Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:49 AM EST (Canadian Business Online)

The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today issued the following statement: I am pleased to have this opportunity to mark World Fisheries Day 2009 - this event offers us all an opportunity to truly reflect on the economic, social and cultural importance of …

politics, fisheries

Salmon populations are declining in Canada

Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:48 AM EST (MinnPost)

Few would describe Toronto as a beautiful city.

politics, salmon

Salmon harvest in 2009 is 11th-largest in history

Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:47 AM EST ()

This year's commercial salmon harvest was the 11th-largest in state history. According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, nearly 162 million salmon were harvested this year. That's 15 million more than last year, but 14 million below the pre season forecast. Although t …

business, salmon

Water surges in Mokelumne River yield more salmon

Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:46 AM EST ()

In early October, East Bay Municipal Utility District sent surges of water from the Camanche Reservoir down the Mokelumne River to coax Chinook salmon from the inner bay or the Delta into the river. The surges, or pulse flows, have been considered successful as nearly four times …

politics, salmon

Portland judge has questions about Obama's salmon plan

Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:46 AM EST (OregonLive.com)

On Monday comes the latest in the long-running court battle over the government's plan to run its hydroelectric dams without pushing Columbia Basin salmon closer to extinction. And based on recent letters he's issued, U.S.

politics, salmon

Domestic farm animals are devouring the world's fish stocks: B.C. study

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:40 AM EST ()

Consumer campaigns that promote sustainable seafood fail to address the fact the world's fish resources are being gobbled up by chickens, pigs and other farm animals, a study involving the University of B.C.

business, fish

Controversy: Alaskan Salmon, Seattle Restaurants, a Pit Mine, and a Blogger

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:39 AM EST ()

What started as a press release landing innocently in the Inbox a few days ago has erupted into a little storm, complete with an AP story featuring Seattle restaurants and local food blogger Ronald Holden being picked up by The New York Times.

politics, salmon, mining

Watching Our Water Ways

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:38 AM EST ()

I often play a guessing game that involves rainfall and streamflows: Are we getting the right amount of rain to help our salmon, or are the rains causing streamflows to be too high or too low? It is easy to come up with an answer when we've had hardly any rain.

politics, salmon

Salmon Get Farther Upstream, But Find New Problem Culvert

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:36 AM EST ()

Migrating salmon on the Kitsap Peninsula continue to benefit from high streamflows created by recent rains.

politics, salmon

Alaska Commercial salmon harvest 11th largest

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:36 AM EST ()

This year's commercial salmon harvest was the 11th largest in state history. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game says nearly 162 million salmon were harvested this year. That's 15 million more than last year, but 14 million below the preseason forecast. This year's catch wa …

business, salmon

Fallowed route not implemented during pink salmon outmigration

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:35 AM EST (Canada.com)

Earlier this year a note to anglers sent out from the Nimmo Bay Fishing Resort seemed overly optimistic. "Salmon of all kinds in large numbers - a great year to go fishing!" it read.

world-news, salmon

Salmon farmers welcome inquiry

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:34 AM EST (Canada.com)

British Columbia Salmon Farmers are welcoming the federal government's inquiry into this year's collapse of Fraser River sockeye salmon returns and once again defending their sea lice controls. "We will provide details on farm operations throughout the region to assist the inqui …

politics, salmon, fish-farming, aquaculture

ADF&G Releases Preliminary 2009 Salmon Season Summary

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:33 AM EST ()

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game released its preliminary estimates Monday for the 2009 commercial salmon harvest and for the value of that harvest to commercial fishermen. These estimates are preliminary.

business, salmon

Returning salmon numbers up, down

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:32 AM EST ()

The number of Chinook salmon returning to spawn this autumn in Central Valley rivers is fluctuating wildly - from improved returns in the Feather, Mokelumne and American rivers to returns as poor as 60 percent below last year's counts in Battle Creek, the most important spawning …

politics, salmon

Apocalypse Fatigue: Losing the Public on Climate Change

Seeded on Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:54 PM EST ()

Last month, the Pew Research Center released its latest poll of public attitudes on global warming.

politics, climate-change

Judge won't take into account White House revision of salmon-saving plan

Seeded on Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:53 PM EST (OregonLive.com)

The federal judge overseeing the balancing act between salmon and Columbia Basin dams says he doesn't think he can consider new steps the Obama administration wants to take. In a letter to lawyers who will participate in a court hearing next Monday in Portland, U.S.

politics, salmon, dams

Delaying an international climate treaty: not as bad as it looks

Seeded on Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:20 AM EST (Grist)

The big news this weekend was that a coalition of world leaders made it official: there will be no full-fledged, legally binding agreement out of the Copenhagen climate talks.

politics, copenhagen, global-warming, climate-change

Alaska fights to reverse polar bear listing

Seeded on Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:17 AM EST (The Seattle Times)

Alaska Gov.

politics, esa, polar-bear

As rush subsides, steelheaders revel in the wake of a record run

Seeded on Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:15 AM EST ()

The Snake River's record run of steelhead has been parading upstream and delivering pleasure and profit from the mouth of the Columbia upstream 800 miles to the Salmon, Idaho, area— and beyond. "We're getting in about a hundred steelhead a week for smoking," said Steve …

sports, steelhead

Where eagles dare and hearts soar

Seeded on Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:34 AM EST ()

Those hoping to watch or compete in Whistler's 2010 Olympics won't be the only ones flocking along British Columbia's Sea-to-Sky Highway in the coming months.

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