Why Are Alaska’s Returning Chinook Salmon Getting Smaller, Younger? Study Suggest Marine Predators Target Bigger Fish
April 9th, 2021
Older Chinook salmon may die in the ocean more often than previously thought, according to a life cycle simulation created by Alaska researchers.
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Strategy For A Drying Northwest: In Some Places Fish Rescue May Be Only Feasible Management Option To Avoid Extinction
April 2nd, 2021
As the climate warms and more and more cascading streams dry up, changing those streams to disconnected puddles that trap migrating juvenile salmon and steelhead, humans may have to step in to rescue the fish. Without this intervention, some stocks may go extinct, according to a recent study.
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NOAA Considering Whether Klamath River Spring Chinook Separate From Fall Chinook, Petitioner Seeks ESA Listing
April 2nd, 2021
NOAA Fisheries is looking into whether Southern Oregon and Northern California coastal spring/fall chinook salmon should be separated, recognizing spring and fall chinook from the Klamath River basin as two separate species.
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New EPA Administrator Resets Science-Focused Federal Advisory Committees, Return To Standard Process
April 1st, 2021
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan this week announced his decision to reestablish the membership of the Science Advisory Board (SAB) and the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC), and reorient the SAB standing committees.
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Study Shows Avian Predation On Salmon Smolts In Columbia River Plume Higher With Turbidity, Smaller Plume, Fewer Forage Fish
March 26th, 2021
Juvenile salmon run the gamut of predators – birds, other fish and pinnipeds – as they migrate from their rearing grounds far upstream in the Columbia River basin all the way to the ocean, but they also are confronted with predators as they enter the ocean.
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Trump Administration’s ‘Open Science Rule’ Revoked; New Order Aimed At Strengthening Scientific Integrity At Interior
March 11th, 2021
The Interior Department last week took steps “to recommit to scientific integrity and empower the agency’s scientific and technical experts to use the best available science.”
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100-Year-Old Salmon Scales Allows Researchers To Track Decline In Wild Salmon, Diversity In Canada’s Second Largest Salmon Watershed
February 26th, 2021
The diversity and numbers of wild salmon in Northern B.C. have declined approximately 70 percent over the past century, according to a new Simon Fraser University study.
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OSU, USFS Researchers Use DNA In Water Samples To Track Genetic Diversity Of Pacific Salmon In Oregon Rivers
February 26th, 2021
Scientists at Oregon State University and the U.S. Forest Service have demonstrated that DNA extracted from water samples from rivers across Oregon and Northern California can be used to estimate genetic diversity of Pacific salmon and trout.
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Feds Award OSU Lease For Nation’s First Wave Energy Testing Facility: $80 Million Project Off Newport
February 26th, 2021
An Oregon State University-led project to build the nation’s first pre-permitted wave energy testing facility cleared a critical hurdle this week as the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management awarded the university a lease to operate in federal waters about seven miles off the Oregon Coast.