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Pacific salmon may be dying from leukemia-type virus

In Canada's Fraser River, a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon, and scientists have a new hypothesis about why: The wild salmon are suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Some populations of Fraser River salmon more likely to survive climate change: study

Populations of Fraser River sockeye salmon are so fine-tuned to their environment that any further environmental changes caused by climate change could lead to the disappearance of some populations, while others may be less ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pacific sockeye salmon return in record numbers

After years of scarcity, the rivers of the US and Canadian Pacific Northwest are running red, literally, with a vast swarm of a salmon species considered to be in crisis.

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Canada's lost salmon found

Sockeye salmon, which mysteriously vanished last year prompting a government inquiry, are expected to return to Canada's Fraser River this month in numbers not seen since 1913, officials said Wednesday.

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 25, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1




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Three keys to sockeye decline

(Phys.org) -- Competition with pink salmon in the open ocean could be an important factor in the long-term decline in abundance of sockeye salmon populations in the Fraser River, according to new research from Simon Fraser ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Why letting salmon escape could benefit bears and fishers

New research suggests that allowing more Pacific salmon to spawn in coastal streams will not only benefit the natural environment, including grizzly bears, but could also lead to more salmon in the ocean and ...

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created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Expert panel deliberates hydraulic fracturing in shale gas development

The use of hydraulic fracturing in shale gas development took center stage Friday as a panel of U.S. and Canadian experts discussed the contentious practice in a three-hour symposium hosted by the American Association for ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fracking risks, fact or fiction?

A Simon Fraser University researcher known for his expertise on naturally occurring hazards will participate Friday in a shake down of the truth about a new form of human-induced earthquakes.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Lethal Atlantic Virus found in Pacific Salmon

The highly contagious marine influenza virus, Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) has for the first time been officially reported after being found in the Pacific on B.C.’s central coast.

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Lice from farmed salmon imperil wild salmon, new study confirms

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study on the impacts of lice on wild salmon published today by an independent team of academic researchers in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) confirmed what many previous ...

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created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Amazon forest and the price of gold

Ellen Silbergeld keeps the price of gold posted on the door to her office at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. The price is now at a record high (better than $1,500 an ounce) ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gene-flaw, virus could be killing Pacific salmon

Massive die-offs among Canada's wild sockeye salmon could be due to a genetic flaw that causes immune weakness and could make viruses lethal, researchers said Thursday.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 13, 2011 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Scientists worry North Pacific salmon may run out of food

With the number of salmon in the North Pacific having doubled in the past 50 years, scientists are increasingly concerned there may not be enough food to support them, and changing ocean conditions could make it even worse.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 28, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Study shows sea lice problem widespread

Salmon farms are transferring parasitic sea lice to wild salmon over a much wider region than first thought. That’s the conclusion of a newly published article called Evidence of farm-induced parasite infestations on ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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