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salmon stories: 21 news summaries

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 Salmon Protections 
 Strike Calif.'s New '49ers 

Gold prospectors banned from using 21st-century dredgers

Nov 3, 09 6:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Prospectors seeking to join California's new gold rush are facing an upstream battle amid moves to protect the state's salmon stocks. Suction dredge mining, which uses gas-powered machines to scrape gold from river beds, has been banned while its environmental impact is reviewed, a process expected to take until 2011.... More »

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California • salmon • gold mine • gold rush • prospector

(Newser) - "A world of slime without human form": that was how Victor Hugo once described the Seine, the murky, polluted river that divides Paris in two. Yet recent efforts to clean up the river, from skimming the surface to pumping it with oxygen, have led to a resurgent fish population... More »

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pollution • France • salmon • fish • fishing • Paris

 In Alaska, Melting Glaciers 
 Cause Land to Rise 

Glaciers receding 30 feet each year

May 18, 09 9:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Around Juneau, Alaska, climate change is causing an unexpected problem, the New York Times reports: As glaciers melt, the land is rising away from the sea. The change—10 feet in about 200 years—is enough to dry up local streams and wetland habitats, and is the result of land... More »

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climate change • Alaska • salmon • Juneau • glacier • wetlands • habitat • Mendenhall glacier

 Fishing Ban Imperils 
 Calif. Salmon Industry 

There aren't enough fish to sustain industry: fishery heads

Apr 9, 09 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Plummeting populations have led to a federal ban on commercial salmon fishing off  California for the second straight year, raising fears that the industry will disappear altogether, the Los Angeles Times reports. "If we don't go fishing next year, we have to start thinking that salmon fishing in California... More »

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California • salmon • Oregon • fishing ban • fishermen • commercial fishing • Chinook salmon

 G20 Leaders Will Eat Well 

But menu could represent some of the 'new Britain', chef says

Apr 1, 09 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama and his fellow world leaders have their work cut out for them at the G20 summit tomorrow, but at least they won’t have to tackle the problems of global finance hungry. Star chef Jamie Oliver is planning a menu of organic Shetland salmon, Welsh lamb with mint,... More »

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food • Barack Obama • India • Germany • United States • salmon • cuisine • Britain • Jamie Oliver • G20 • multiculturalism • President Obama • Yotam Ottolenghi

 Pacific Salmon Face 
 Uncertain Tides 

Oceanic changes doomed '08 crop, but scientists can't agree on what caused them

Jan 7, 09 6:43 PM CST
(Newser) - West Coast fisheries has seen a 90% drop in salmon spawn since 2004, and while many blame rivers degraded by dams and diversions, some experts believe the problem has been pushed out to sea, reports Salon. Wind direction and water temperature have changed, bringing less food to the ocean’s... More »

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California • science • ocean • salmon • fish • Oregon • dams • fishermen • cod

 Puget Sound's Orcas in Trouble 


Oct 25, 08 10:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The orca population in Washington’s Puget Sound is dropping, and scientists think a scarce food supply is to blame, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. A poor year for chinook salmon—and another is in the forecast—forced the killer whales to spend energy searching further afield for food. Two... More »

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food • whale • fat • salmon • Washington • starvation • PCBs • orca • killer whale • Puget Sound

Federal Changes Threaten Endangered Species: Critics

Feds can dodge review under rule changes

Aug 12, 08 3:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics are raising an alarm over planned White House changes to the Endangered Species Act, reports the Oregonian. The modifications would give federal agencies such as the US Forest Service more leeway to decide whether activities such as logging would harm endangered species—and such determinations would no longer be... More »

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conservation • greenhouse gases • global warming • salmon • US Fish and Wildlife Service • Endangered Species Act • polar bear • logging • Dirk Kempthorne • Earthjustice • National Wildlife Federation

 Alaskan Salmon Sick of Climate Change 

Scientists blame global warming for 'white spot disease'

Jun 14, 08 7:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Alaskan king salmon are getting sick, and experts have named a culprit: global warming. Marine ecologists say that a rise in "white spot disease" is tied to a 3-decade trend of higher temperatures in the Yukon River, the Los Angeles Times reports. With cold-temperature barriers melting, parasites and... More »

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Alaska • global warming • disease • salmon • fish • fishing • parasite

Opinion

 It's Time to Give Up Salmon 

Populations are decreasing, and farmed specimens aren't healthy

Jun 9, 08 8:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Salmon is supposed to be the perfect indulgence: low in saturated fats, high in omega-3 fatty acids, cheaper than ever at your local supermarket. But Taras Grescoe thinks you should stop eating it anyway. Wild salmon populations are dying off, he writes in the New York Times, thanks mostly... More »

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environment • salmon • fish • omega-3 fatty acids • pesticide

Fishermen Shoot Sea Lions
in Battle Over Salmon

Feds suspend trapping as they investigate killings

May 5, 08 11:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Six  federally protected sea lions were shot to death along the Columbia River in Washington yesterday as they lay in traps set to move them to another region, AP reports. Three elephant seals were killed the previous day in California. All were apparently the victims of a battle between fishermen... More »

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salmon • US Fish and Wildlife Service • fish • elephant seals • sea lions

 Alarmed Feds Cancel
 Salmon Season 

Shocking plunge in numbers a mystery

Apr 11, 08 5:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - In drastic action to stop the collapse of the West Coast salmon population, a federal fisheries council is banning salmon fishing off California and most of Oregon for the rest of the year, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. "This is a disaster," said the council chairman. The number... More »

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California • salmon • fish • Oregon • fishing ban • Pacific Fishery Management Council

 Pacific Salmon Season in Peril 

Incredibly low stocks prompt action from federal agency

Mar 12, 08 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A shortage of salmon in the waters along the Pacific coast has driven regulators to consider a ban on salmon-fishing this season, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The Pacific Fishery Management Council has never recommended canceling the season before, and about 1,000 commercial fishermen could see their livelihood devastated... More »

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California • salmon • fish • fishing • Oregon • harvest • National Marine Fisheries Service • fishing ban • Pacific Fishery Management Council

Price of Gold: Alaska's Salmon

Fear region's resource will be devastated

Dec 25, 07 7:04 AM CST
(Newser) - The world's largest sockeye salmon fishery, located in the Bristol Bay area of Alaska, is threatened with destruction by a proposed gold mine, which could become the biggest in North America. The planned Pebble Mine has polarized the state; mining companies, on the one hand, and environmentalists and commercial fishing... More »

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Alaska • salmon • fish • sockeye salmon • gold mine • Pebble Mine • Northern Dynasty Minerals • Anglo American • Cook Inlet • Bristol Bay • Bristol Bay Native Corp

Fish Farming
Wiping Out
Wild Salmon

Sea lice could doom some species to extinction, study says

Dec 13, 07 11:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Fish farming could drive some species of wild salmon to extinction, a new study says. Canadian researchers found a direct connection between the growth of such farms in British Columbia and a sharp drop in wild salmon nearby, the Washington Post reports. They attribute the problem to deadly sea lice... More »

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farming • salmon • fish • seafood • British Columbia • aquaculture

Japan Sends Mixed Signals
on Whale Hunt

It cites tradition but denies tribe's bid
to fish for salmon

Nov 24, 07 3:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Japan has a ready defense for its internationally maligned whale hunt: Whaling is integral to Japanese culture, embedded in the country's traditional diet, literature, and religion. Yet this argument looks questionable in light of the Japanese government's refusal to allow indigenous people to continue their traditional salmon fishing, writes Bruce... More »

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environment • Japan • whale • salmon • fishing • whaling • Japanese whale hunt

Jelly-cide: 100,000 Salmon Killed

Northern Ireland's entire stock destroyed in jellyfish attack

Nov 22, 07 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - An attack of killer jellyfish has wiped out Northern Ireland’s only salmon farm. More than 100,000 fish died in the seven-hour attack, causing estimated losses of $2.1 million, AFP reports. The 35-foot-deep wave of jellyfish covered 10 square miles. The mauve stinger normally prefers warmer Mediterranean waters... More »

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agriculture • Northern Ireland • salmon • fish • fishing • nature • jellyfish

Salmon Made
to Bear Trout

Success shows sterile animals could
become surrogates
for extinct species

Sep 14, 07 6:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cue the world’s most peculiar baby announcement: Masu salmon have produced rainbow trout offspring, with an assist from scientists that could lead to the preservation of rare fish species. Trout sperm stem cells had already been injected into salmon embryos to produce salmon with trout sperm; now the same... More »

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breeding • sperm • salmon • eggs • fish • trout

10 Gourmet Restaurant Swindles

As eateries cut costs, watch out for cheap shortcuts

Aug 22, 07 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the price of food goes up, what cost-cutting measures at restaurants might end up on your plate? The Independent lists 10 shortcuts, swindles and downright lies you should be wary of.
  1. Lookalike fish species
  2. Supermarket-bought salads
  3. Instant powdered eggs and potatoes
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food • salmon • list • fish • restaurant • scam • gourmet

Polluted
Fish Swamp Great Lakes

Industrial chemicals raise contaminant levels into range unsafe for eating

Jul 6, 07 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Industrial chemicals contaminate many species of fish that populate the Great Lakes, making them too hazardous for safe human consumption, says a Canadian conservation group. "The lakes continue to be polluted to such an extent that human health is threatened," says a report released yesterday that lists industrial... More »

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environment • pollution • environmentalism • Canada • salmon • fish • pollutants • pike • trout • Great Lakes • Huron • Lake Superior • Lake Eerie • Lake Ontario • dioxins • PCBs • methyl mercury

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