Vandal Poisons Young Salmon in Oregon Targeted for Sport and Commercial Fisheries
As it turns out, bleach and salmon don't mix.
Nearly 18,000 young salmon died after a vandal poured bleach into an Oregon fish hatchery tank last week, according to law enforcement authorities.
What may have started as vandalism evolved into poaching with the illegal killing of fish in one of four tanks at the Gardiner, Reedsport, and Winchester Bay Salmon Trout Enhancement Program hatchery in Reedsport.
Douglas County Sheriff's Office Deputies arrested Joshua Heckathorn, 20, of Gardiner, and lodged him at the Douglas County Jail on...
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