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Feds release Calif. plan to protect chinook salmon

(AP) -- Federal fisheries regulators on Thursday released a court-ordered plan to help struggling chinook salmon that includes opening California dams and restricting pumping, which would reduce the amount of water available ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Efforts to save salmon may be undone by climate change

The Pacific Northwest has spent two decades retooling dams, rebuilding damaged watersheds and restoring stream flows to keep salmon from disappearing.

Biology / Ecology

created May 12, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Feds vote to halt Calif. chinook salmon fishing

(AP) -- California's commercial chinook salmon fishing season will be called off again after a record low number of fish returned to spawn last year, federal fisheries managers announced Wednesday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nature Conservancy buys Calif. ranchland in hopes of restoring salmon run

The Nature Conservancy has bought ranchland near Mount Shasta to repair a cow-ravaged tributary of Shasta River, historically one of the most productive salmon streams in California.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The secretive immune system of the salmon

During his doctoral thesis, Erlend Haugarvoll discovered new aspects of the salmon immune system. His research looked at the immune cells in the gills of salmon and at immune responses to vaccination. A special ...

Biology /

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0