Salmon hatcheries are an important part of the effort to gain sustainability in salmon populations. But just how much harm are hatched salmon doing to their wild cousins? This NYT Green blog post explores.
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The retreat of glaciers in the Olympics are causing multiple changes to salmon habitat in the watersheds they feed. Besides temperature changes due to lessening runoff, there is an increased amount of sediment being added to the Queets and the Quinault rivers. Research from the Climate Impacts Group is mentioned in this NWIFC article about the potential effects and management solutions. In NOAA’s latest report on the status of fish stocks, they suggest that six more populations have recovered since the last annual report. The total of recovered fish populations since 2000 now stands at 27. Read more here. Part of the Skagit River, Fisher Slough has been drained and plumbed extensively to create some of the most productive farmland in the country: More than 100,000 acres are farmed by over 1,200 operations in the Skagit Valley. The Skagit River is also the last to support wild populations of all five species of Pacific salmon, one of which — the Puget Sound chinook — was federally listed as threatened in 1999. These facts frame the challenge and progress of restoring the Fisher Slough, as described in this article. SAFS‘ Charles Simenstad is quoted. Speaking at the World Fisheries Congress 2012 in Edinburgh this week, Mike Mitchell, Young’s Seafood Limited’s Director of Quality and Corporate Social Responsibility, called on scientists, fishers, politicians and the fish processing industry to work closer together to tackle the sustainability challenges faced by our oceans. Mike Mitchell spoke alongside numerous academics and experts from around the world, including SAFS Professor Ray Hilborn
The Coral Sea, off the coast of Australia, was the site of an important WWII battle. Now, a battle of a different sort is being waged–between conservationists and fishing industries. SAFS‘s Ray Hilborn is quoted; read more here. |
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The preliminary conclusion of an independent panel of seven U.S. and Canadian scientists is that human fishing of chinook salmon is probably not depriving orcas of their meals, at least not as much as we had thought. SAFS’ Ray Hilborn was chair of the panel; read more 
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