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California Vintner Steps Forward to Protect Endangered Salmon

A vintner in Northern California is upgrading a concrete fish barrier to return native salmon and steelhead to valuable spawning habitat that has been blocked for nearly a century.
June 18, 2019 - Feature Story ,
West Coast

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 ,
West Coast

Working with Nature’s Engineers to Build Coho Salmon Habitat

NOAA partners managing innovative pilot in Oregon are constructing dam starter structures for beavers to finish building, creating slow water areas for juvenile coho to thrive.
May 23, 2019 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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International Cruise to Track Salmon Comes to an End

An international team of biologists set out into some of the roughest waters in the North Pacific Ocean in the middle of winter to try to solve a fundamental mystery of Pacific salmon
March 19, 2019 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
West Coast
NOAA scientists aboard an international cruise to track salmon in Alaska. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

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 ,
Alaska
West Coast
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Salmon May Lose the Ability to Smell Danger as Carbon Emissions Rise

The ability to smell is critical for salmon. New research shows this powerful sense may be in trouble.
December 18, 2018 - Feature Story ,
West Coast

Restoring Side Channels Can Boost Salmon Recovery in Puget Sound Rivers, New Research Finds

Winding side channels and other habitat improvements can help recover salmon, making them less vulnerable to flooding or other extreme conditions associated with climate change.
November 13, 2018 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Chinook salmon. Credit: NWFSC/John McMillan

Prioritizing West Coast Chinook Salmon Stocks for Southern Resident Killer Whale Recovery

Prioritized list developed by NOAA Fisheries and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
July 23, 2018 - Feature Story ,
West Coast

New Study Reveals Cost of 2017 Salmon Fisheries Closure

Last year’s closure of the commercial ocean salmon troll fishery off the West Coast is estimated to have cost $5.8 million to $8.9 million in lost income for fishermen.
April 03, 2018 - Feature Story ,
West Coast

West Coast Ocean Returning To Normal But Salmon Catches Lagging

Ocean conditions off most of the U.S. West Coast are returning roughly to average, after an extreme marine heatwave from about 2014 to 2016 disrupted the California Current Ecosystem and shifted many species beyond their traditional range.
March 20, 2018 - News ,
West Coast
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