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States spend millions on inland habitat restoration for endangered salmon of the Pacific Northwest, and scientists readily study their dwindling returns to local rivers and streams. But exactly what happens when salmon are out at sea is shrouded in mystery. A major scientific expedition launching Tuesday might change that.
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Salmon need cold water to survive. Dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers are making the water too hot, in some places by as much as 5 degrees.Now, after a…
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Thousands of people in the Pacific Northwest — commercial fishermen, their crews, sport fishermen, seafood processors, even many boat builders — depend on…
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Local tribes are calling on the memory of legendary civil rights activist Billy Frank Jr. to rev up the fight for salmon recovery. They met in Tulalip…
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Washington's local ecosystems have been through a lot recently.First, there was the release of more than 100,000 non-native Atlantic Salmon this summer…
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This story was updated at 3:09 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25. See correction below.Along with cooling the air and dimming skies in the region, this week’s solar…
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Diners were likely to get duped 67 percent of the time when ordering salmon in restaurants out of season, a survey says. Much of the deception involved farmed salmon passed off as more expensive wild.
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The lethal effects of urban runoff that kills some salmon and their prey can be reversed by filtering the water through a common soil mix, according to…
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Scientists have said it's safe to eat fish caught in the Pacific Ocean in the wake of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, but rumors continue to…