Young Salmon May Face Hungry New Competition from Juvenile Sablefish along Northwest Coast
January 07, 2025
January 07, 2025
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news:
There is a new mouth to feed in the coastal waters of the Northwest where juvenile salmon first enter the ocean, and it's a hungry one.
Over the last two decades large numbers of juvenile sablefish have increasingly spread into coastal waters from central Oregon north to northern Washington. New research (link is external) published in the journal Marine and Coasta . . .
There is a new mouth to feed in the coastal waters of the Northwest where juvenile salmon first enter the ocean, and it's a hungry one.
Over the last two decades large numbers of juvenile sablefish have increasingly spread into coastal waters from central Oregon north to northern Washington. New research (link is external) published in the journal Marine and Coasta . . .