High juvenile Chinook mortality at sea linked to falling production rates in Alaska (Fish Radio)
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Fish Radio with Laine Welch] August 20, 2014
A state-backed five year, $30 million dollar Initiative is underway to discover why Alaska’s Chinook salmon production has declined since 2007. More than 100 researchers and over three dozen projects are focused on Chinook stocks in 12 major systems from Southeast to the Yukon. Early on, they’ve pinned down some findings -
"It’s not the fresh water production of the juvenile Chinook that is the reason this is occurring, it’s being driven by poor marine survival."
Ed Jones is Fish and Game Coordinator for Sport Fish...
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