NOAA: Endangered Winter-run Chinook Salmon Increase With Millions of Offspring Headed to Sea
December 06, 2019
December 06, 2019
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 6 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following story:
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- Conservation hatchery helps species weather difficult drought years.
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Biologists have estimated that almost 3.8 million juvenile winter-run Chinook salmon headed down the Sacramento River toward the ocean this year. This is the most offspring in a decade for the highly endangered population.
Typically abou . . .
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- Conservation hatchery helps species weather difficult drought years.
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Biologists have estimated that almost 3.8 million juvenile winter-run Chinook salmon headed down the Sacramento River toward the ocean this year. This is the most offspring in a decade for the highly endangered population.
Typically abou . . .