NOAA: Fish Size Affects Snake River Salmon Returns More Than Route Through Dams
November 06, 2019
November 06, 2019
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Nov. 6 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following story:
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- Research suggests juvenile bypass systems do not affect later ocean survival
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The survival and eventual return of juvenile Snake River salmon and steelhead to spawning streams as adults depends more on their size than the way they pass through hydroelectric dams on their migration to the ocean, new research shows.
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- Research suggests juvenile bypass systems do not affect later ocean survival
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The survival and eventual return of juvenile Snake River salmon and steelhead to spawning streams as adults depends more on their size than the way they pass through hydroelectric dams on their migration to the ocean, new research shows.