Bycatch of nearly 20,000 Chinook salmon shuts down Alaska trawl …
WEB1 day ago · Nearly 20,000 Chinook salmon were caught inadvertently as bycatch in the pollock fishery in the Gulf of Alaska, shutting it down early and sparking outrage among orca scientists and wild salmon...
Trawler-caught chinook won’t be ID’ed until spring | Local News ...
WEB12 hours ago · It will take until April to determine the genetic origins of the approximately 2,000 chinook salmon accidentally scooped up by a Kodiak pollock trawler last week. The inadvertent catch pushed the annual Gulf of Alaska chinook bycatch total over the limit, leading the National Marine Fisheries Service to close the federally-managed pollock ...
2024 Yukon River Chinook salmon run better than previous years, …
WEB5 days ago · Chinook salmon swim by the Whitehorse fish ladder in 2019. The 2024 run was stronger than the runs in the past two years, but still not enough to meet an ambitious rebuilding goal. (Claudiane...
West Coast Chinook Salmon Get a New Genetic Reference Database
WEBSep 26, 2024 · NOAA scientists have upgraded a crucial tool for Chinook salmon conservation. This genetic reference tool allows researchers to pinpoint the river system individual fish come from, enabling more precise management and protection of threatened and endangered populations.
Salmon homecoming - CBC.ca
WEB2 days ago · The chinook population in the vast Yukon River drainage reached an all-time low in 2022. Causes for the decline are manifold, likely compounding each other: parasites, warmer water temperatures...
What’s Behind Chinook and Chum Salmon Declines in Alaska?
WEBAug 23, 2022 · For Chinook salmon in 2020, 18,195 of the 32,294 Chinook caught in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish fisheries were from western Alaska stocks. This represents 56.4 percent of the total bycatch (Incomplete data are available for 2021).
King salmon populations are dying, simultaneously affecting
WEBFeb 28, 2024 · Fates of chinook salmon and orca whales are intertwined. Decades ago Chinook were able to survive in the wild for more than nine years, which allowed them to grow to larger than 100 pounds.
Newsom unveils blueprint for ending decades-long salmon
WEBJan 31, 2024 · Fewer than 80,000 Central Valley fall-run chinook salmon — a mainstay of the state’s salmon fishery — returned to spawn in 2022, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. It’s a decline of nearly 40% from the previous year, and the lowest since 2009.
NOAA Fisheries Finds Endangered Species Act Listing of Gulf of …
WEBMay 23, 2024 · With the positive 90-day finding, we are commencing a review of the status of Gulf of Alaska Chinook salmon to determine whether listing is warranted. We will convene a status review team of federal scientists to begin an in-depth review of the species’ current status and extinction risk.
California seeks federal help for salmon fishers facing ban
WEBApr 7, 2023 · A federal regulatory group has voted to officially close king salmon fishing season along much of the West Coast after near-record low numbers of the fish, also known as Chinook, returned to California’s rivers in 2022.