Climate Change Will Impact SE Alaska Rivers, and Salmon
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Fish Radio]With Laine Welch Sept. 13, 2017
This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Protecting Southeast’s salmon streams from changing water flows. More after this –
One third of Alaska’s salmon harvest each year comes from fish produced in the 17,000 miles of streams in Southeast’s Tongass rainforest.
A changing climate is altering rain and snowfall patterns that affect that habitat – for better or worse. Now, a first of its kind study details the potential changes and how people can plan ahead to protect the fish.
In general the global climate models are saying it’s going to get warmer and wetter. I’ve also heard another rule of thumb that the wetter places in the world are going to get wetter..
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