How Do Salmon Find Way To Spawning Grounds? New Theory Focuses On Magnetite In Noses, Ancient Genetic Systems
January 13th, 2022
It’s widely understood that animals such as salmon, butterflies and birds have an innate magnetic sense, allowing them to use the Earth’s magnetic field for navigation to places such as feeding and breeding grounds.
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Montana Study Shows Climate Change, Invasive Species Driving Widespread Declines of Native Trout In Northern Rockies
January 13th, 2022
In a new study, University of Montana researchers found that climate change drives native trout declines by reducing stream habitat and facilitating the expansion of invasive trout species.
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Study Shows Animals With ‘Site Fidelity’ (Salmon) Having Tough Time Adjusting To Climate Change, Habitat Disruption
January 13th, 2022
Like humans, wild animals often return to the same places to eat, walk on the same paths to travel and use the same places to raise their young.
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NOAA: 2021 West Coast Ocean Conditions Best In 24 Years, Should Bode Well For Juvenile Salmon Entering Sea
January 6th, 2022
NOAA Fisheries is reporting promising news for juvenile salmon – good ocean conditions existed off the West Coast of Oregon and Washington during 2021.
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ESA Status Review Of Puget Sound Killer Whales: Downward Trend, Face High Risk Of Extinction
January 6th, 2022
NOAA Fisheries five-year review of the status of Southern Resident killer whales says the species continues to face a high risk of extinction and should remain listed as endangered.
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Viral Reservoir: Researchers Detect Covid-19 In White-Tailed Deer, ‘A New Maintenance Host Outside Humans’
January 6th, 2022
Scientists have detected infection by at least three variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 in free-ranging white-tailed deer in six northeast Ohio locations, a research team has reported.
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NW Power/Conservation Council Hears Scientists’ Reviews Of Significant Salmon Survival Research
December 17th, 2021
A year ago the region’s Independent Scientific Advisory Board was tasked with reviewing four scientific issues with important implications for Columbia River basin salmon management. This week the Northwest Power and Conservation Council heard a 75-minute presentation on three of these reviews.
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Melting Western North America Glaciers Due To Climate Change May Produce Thousands Of Miles Of New Salmon Habitat
December 9th, 2021
Retreating glaciers in the Pacific mountains of western North America could produce around 6,150 kilometers of new Pacific salmon habitat by the year 2100, according to a new study.
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Danish Food-Tasting Study: We Prefer Farmed Salmon As Long As We Don’t Know What We Are Eating
December 9th, 2021
A great many packages of sliced and vacuum-sealed smoked salmon find their way into Danish shopping carts every year. The vast majority of this smoked salmon is sourced from Norwegian aquaculture farms.