Ancient Indigenous fishing practices can be used to inform sustainable management and conservation today, according to a new study from Simon Fraser University.
Archaeology
Nov 12, 2021
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In drought years and when marine heat waves warm the Pacific Ocean, late-migrating juvenile spring-run Chinook salmon of California's Central Valley are the ultimate survivors. They are among the few salmon that survive in ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 1, 2021
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Reducing ship speed and noise levels would increase the probability that endangered West Coast southern resident killer whales will spend more time hunting for Chinook salmon, a new Simon Fraser University study has found.
Plants & Animals
Oct 28, 2021
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Researchers from Simon Fraser University's Salmon Watershed Lab have found that recent declines of Pacific salmon and trout are associated with 40 years of changes in their combined marine and freshwater ecosystems.
Plants & Animals
Oct 21, 2021
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In November 1888, fear stalked the streets of London as the Whitechapel Murderer claimed his latest victim. The unusually gruesome attacks had puzzled investigators, so police surgeon Dr. Thomas Bond examined the victims ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 18, 2021
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A popular belief that there are fewer Chinook salmon during the summer in Canadian waters for southern resident killer whales, compared to an abundance of fish for northern resident killer whales, has been debunked by a study ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 12, 2021
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A new study of the genetic profiles of wild and hatchery coho salmon demonstrates important distinctions in how the two types of fish form mating pairs.
Ecology
Oct 6, 2021
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The domestication of Atlantic salmon through years of fish farming has led to farmed Atlantic salmon developing smaller eyes according to a new piece of research published in the journal Evolutionary Applications.
Plants & Animals
Oct 4, 2021
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When warmwater fish species like bass, walleye and crappie that are not native to the Pacific Northwest, but prized by some anglers, overlap with baby spring chinook salmon in reservoirs in Oregon's Willamette River they ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 23, 2021
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Australians consume a lot of salmon—much of it farmed in Tasmania. But as Richard Flanagan's new book Toxic shows, concern about the industry's environmental damage is growing.
Ecology
Sep 17, 2021
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