The Pacific Fishery Management Council, a federal body that regulates commercial and sport fishing, estimated that only 66,286 adult salmon returned to the Sacramento river to spawn. six years ago, the peak return was 13 times higher.
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
We like Salmon ... Too Much
The smallest number of Pacific ocean salmon ever recorded swam back to the Sacramento river via San Francisco bay last fall, the latest evidence of the decline of the storied fish along the west coast, officials said Wednesday.
The Pacific Fishery Management Council, a federal body that regulates commercial and sport fishing, estimated that only 66,286 adult salmon returned to the Sacramento river to spawn. six years ago, the peak return was 13 times higher.
The Pacific Fishery Management Council, a federal body that regulates commercial and sport fishing, estimated that only 66,286 adult salmon returned to the Sacramento river to spawn. six years ago, the peak return was 13 times higher.
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