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Educational Salmon Series Inspires Students as Stewards

An illustrated book, board game, and accompanying lessons foster enthusiasm for fish and habitat.
April 10, 2020 - Feature Story ,
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West Coast Salmon Fishing and Southern Residents: Part 2

Participating in setting salmon seasons—learn how to take part. Southern Resident Connections - Post 2
April 03, 2020 - Feature Story ,
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West Coast Salmon Fishing and Southern Residents: Part 1

West Coast salmon fisheries catch a small share, leaving prey for Southern Residents. Southern Resident Connections - Post 1
April 01, 2020 - Feature Story ,
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NOAA Fisheries Part of International Team to Study Salmon in Gulf of Alaska Under Continuing Warm Conditions

This is the second year of a multi-national winter survey in the Gulf of Alaska to gather critical information on salmon ocean survival.
March 12, 2020 - Feature Story ,
Sockeye salmon juveniles on a table. Cards with numbers are on top of the fish.

New Fish Detection Gathers Salmon Survival Data Faster Than the Blink of an Eye

Advancing technology promotes safe fish passage through Snake and Columbia dams.
December 19, 2019 - Feature Story ,
Crews install newly designed antennas in the spillway of Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River to detect tagged fish passing through the spillway.

Endangered Winter-run Chinook Salmon Increase with Millions of Offspring Headed to Sea

Conservation hatchery helps species weather difficult drought years.
December 06, 2019 - Feature Story ,
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Salmon Lose Diversity in Managed Rivers, Reducing Resilience to Environmental Change

Natural resilience is more important than ever in the face of unprecedented climate change.
December 05, 2019 - Feature Story ,
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Cowlitz Tribe Restores Lower Columbia Salmon Habitat, Benefiting Juvenile and Adult Fish

Native American Heritage Month: Highlighting a tribal partner in West Coast salmon recovery
November 27, 2019 - Feature Story ,
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Salmon Summit

Scientists from the NWFSC's Pasco Research Station worked with 4th and 5th graders in the classroom as students raised salmon from egg to parr, and at the annual Salmon Summit in April, where over 3,000 students released the fish into the Columbia River. Jesse Lamb, Matt Nesbit, and Benjamin Sandford share why they get involved year after year.
June 13, 2019 - Feature Story ,

International Voyage Aims To Unravel Mysteries Of Pacific Salmon Survival

An international team of biologists is setting out into some of the roughest waters in the North Pacific Ocean in the middle of winter to try to solve the fundamental mystery of Pacific salmon: What determines whether they live or die?
February 27, 2019 - Feature Story ,
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