Tag Archives: Chinook Salmon

Northwest tribes, feds dive into work on salmon revival in upper Columbia River

Three Northwest tribes and federal agencies are getting closer to understanding how to revive Chinook and sockeye salmon runs on the upper Columbia River that were once among the most abundant in the world but were decimated by dams over the last century. Leaders from the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, the Coeur d’Alene […]
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Oregon man charged after allegedly using bleach to kill 18,000 juvenile salmon at Reedsport hatchery

  A Gardiner man has been arrested and charged in the deliberate killing of 18,000 young salmon at a Reedsport hatchery. On April 22, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office got a call about a break-in at the hatchery operated by the Gardiner Reedsport Winchester Bay Salmon Trout Enhancement Program (STEP). A container of bleach had […]
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Reproductive success improves after a single generation in the wild for descendants of some hatchery-origin Chinook salmon

Researchers who created “family trees” for nearly 10,000 fish found that first-generation, wild-born descendants of hatchery-origin Chinook salmon in an Oregon river show improved fitness. The finding, based on data collected over 13 years, is encouraging for Chinook salmon recovery efforts, said Kathleen O’Malley, an associate professor at Oregon State University and the study’s senior […]
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Recreational fishing days extended for Chinook salmon on river

Oregon and Washington state fishery managers have added four days to the recreational spring Chinook salmon fishing season on the main stem of the Columbia River downstream of Bonneville Dam. The season will now end on Tuesday. Source: Recreational fishing days extended for Chinook salmon on river | Local News | dailyastorian.com

100,000 Live Salmon Spilled Off a Truck. Most Landed in a Creek and Lived. 

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Fish out of water story ends with 77,000 young salmon in the wrong water

First, the good news. When a 53-foot fish tanker truck crashed and rolled upside down on an embankment next to a creek in northeast Oregon, its driver suffered only minor injuries. And as the truck came to a rest, its tank settled downhill, next to the water. That last detail was crucial for the truck’s […]
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More than 25,000 chinook salmon die in truck crash outside Elgin

A tanker truck carrying about 102,000 spring chinook salmon smolts crashed near the Lookingglass Hatchery, about 20 miles north of Elgin, on March 29. The driver, who works for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, sustained minor injuries, according to a press release from the agency. The 53-foot-long truck, hauling the young salmon for […]
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Thousands of Chinook salmon dead after fish tanker crash in Oregon

A rollover truck crash caused the loss. Thousands of young salmon are dead after a fish tanker truck mistakenly took a sharp corner and crashed, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Tuesday. The truck had been transporting roughly 102,000 spring Chinook smolts — or offspring — that were ready to be released to […]
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The Klamath River salmon die-off was tragic. Was it predictable?

A recent large die-off of young salmon released into the Klamath River shocked and dismayed state biologists, reinforcing that human efforts to restore nature and undo damage can be unpredictable and difficult  to control. The tiny Chinook salmon turned up dead downriver just two days after they were released from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s brand […]
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Hundreds of thousands of salmon released in Klamath River die in ‘large mortality’ event

Suspected ‘gas bubble disease’ event at Iron Gate Dam tunnel near California-Oregon border follows historic dam removal at site. As many as hundreds of thousands of fall-run Chinook salmon died early last week in Siskiyou County, California, due to suspected gas bubble disease. Source: Hundreds of thousands of salmon released in Klamath River die in […]
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