Ocean conditions mixed for salmon, leading to average salmon returns - Northwest Public Broadcasting

Ocean conditions mixed for salmon, leading to average salmon returns - Northwest Public Broadcasting

At least twice a year, scientists board the Bell M. Shimada, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research vessel, to study the Northern California Current ecosystem. (Credit: Courtney Flatt / NWPB) Listen https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/040925CF_OceanConditions_WRAP.mp3(Runtime 1:01) Read All signs point to mixed ocean conditions for salmon over the past couple of…

NOAA staffing cuts threaten years of salmon harvests

Read the full story in the New York Times (gift article). In Washington State, April is when millions of young Chinook salmon are released from hatcheries, where they started as tiny, pink globes, to swim downstream and rebuild the salmon population. They are part of an ecosystem that affects tribal, commercial, and recreational fishing and … Continue reading NOAA staffing cuts threaten years of salmon harvests

Article Warns That DC Cuts May Impact Future Puget Sound Chinook Fishing, Returns

A New York Times article out this morning details how Chinook production at nearly a dozen hatcheries in Western Washington is said to be in “limbo” because cuts back in DC put a critical National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration staffer out of a job, placing future fisheries at risk. The post Article Warns That DC Cuts May Impact Future Puget Sound Chinook Fishing, Returns appeared first on .