Sentences with phrase «coho salmon»

These processes completely altered the creek's alignment, flow, and connection to the floodplain — and affected its ability to support the southernmost continually - returning natural population of the endangered coho salmon in western United States.

«Urban stormwater runoff carries a complex mixture of chemicals into fish habitats,» said McIntyre, who is based at the WSU Research and Extension Center in Puyallup, Wash. «We have seen that stormwater runoff can kill adult coho salmon in urban creeks, and we know that it can cause defects in the hearts of developing fish.»

In a move that is certain to provoke a bitter battle in Congress, the US National Marine Fisheries Service has proposed listing three west coast populations of coho salmon as threatened.

Across both forests, sustainable forest management practices have been implemented resulting in the improvement of water quality and habitat for coho salmon, steelhead trout and spotted owl.

In the winter of 2009, scientists estimated that a total 45 adult coho salmon returned to the Redwood Creek spawning grounds.

After California Sea Grant identified that a flashboard dam was stopping endangered coho salmon from moving upstream, a recovery plan by the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service billed it as the highest priority barrier for remediation in the Russian River.

An aquaculture company devises a new, sustainable process that raises Pacific coho salmon in freshwater

Newly published research co-authored by scientists at Simon Fraser University and the Raincoast Conservation Foundation shows juvenile coho salmon benefit from dining on the distant remains of their spawning pink and chum cousins.

«And a whole bunch of chemicals we are working to identify so that we can protect more delicate species like coho salmon from the effects of human pollution.»

With Redwood Creek coho salmon on the brink of disappearing, biologists launched a last - ditch attempt to save them: harvesting local fish, raising them to reproductive maturity at a hatchery, and then returning them to the wild.

2009 Accomplishments • Restored a 1.4 - acre area adjacent to the existing tidal lagoon to a native brackish wetland • Expanded the tidal lagoon to improve coho salmon and steelhead trout habitat • Created an emergent wetland for California red - legged frog breeding habitat • Reconfigured the southern end of the parking lot to increase natural creek function and reduce flooding

We need to learn to see not just with Western eyes but with Islamic eyes and Inuit eyes, not just with human eyes but with golden - cheeked warbler eyes, coho salmon eyes, and polar bear eyes, and not even just with eyes at all but with the wild, barely articulate being of clouds and seas and rocks and trees and stars.

Commandeering streams, growers divert the water into high - tech greenhouses, to the detriment of the aquatic life lower in the drainage, including the threatened coho salmon.

Carolyn manages ecological restoration projects in the Redwood Creek Watershed to restore natural creek and wetland processes as well as enhancing the habitat for the federally listed coho salmon, steelhead trout, and California red - legged frog.

Experiments on both larval zebrafish, a model for salmon, and actual coho salmon showed that toxic runoff can also damage hair - like sensors the fish use to find food, sense predators, and find their way in the current.

In the same toxic stormwater brew that killed coho salmon in less than three hours, their chum cousins did just fine.

The Kyle Family Barbecue, a monument to the fishing season's end and autumn's commencement, draws dozens of friends and neighbors to share another Alaskan classic — brilliant - skinned coho salmon pulled from a labyrinth of misty Southeast waterways.

Oven - Roasted Coho Salmon with Leeks and Chanterelle Mushrooms 1 cup leeks, white and pale green parts only 2 6 - oz skinless coho salmon fillets, deboned Sea salt and freshly ground pepper 1 tbsp butter 1 clove garlic, minced 1 cup sliced chanterelle mushrooms 1/3 cup chicken sotck 1/3 cup white wine 1 tsp herbes de provence 1 tbsp olive oil

One of the great happy points of living on the Oregon coast is that we have access to some pretty extraordinary seafood, including locally smoked coho salmon.

To gauge the validity of these worries, researchers at the Center for Aquaculture and Environmental Research in Vancouver, Canada, took a look at the transgenic coho salmon.

These include prized sporting fish such as the Klamath River summer steelhead and other trout, the Central Valley Chinook salmon, the Central Coast coho salmon and many others that depend on cold water.

Research by Robert Bilby, an aquatic ecologist at the Weyerhaeuser Company, shows that up to 78 percent of the stomach contents of young coho salmon and steelhead are salmon carcasses and eggs.

Researchers have found the first direct evidence that coho salmon near U.S. Northwest cities are being killed by chemical runoff from roads and parking lots that reach streams

While juvenile coho salmon feed directly on spawning pink and chum salmon carcasses and eggs, even coho with no direct contact with spawning pink and chum benefit from their nutrient contributions to stream ecosystems.

A new study by researchers at Oregon State University suggests that wild coho salmon that choose mates with disease - resistant genes different from their own are more likely to produce greater numbers of adult offspring returning to the river some three years later.

Fishes can rebound when fishing pressure is removed, just as Maine haddock and Washington State coho salmon both have.

THE three - year drought threatens to wipe out the last of the Muir Woods coho salmon that make their way each year from the Pacific to spawn in a freshwater creek running through the redwoods near San Francisco

In experiments with GM coho salmon, the transgenic fish grow rapidly in a hatchery tank, but not in a simulated natural stream.

In a recent paper published in the journal Environmental Pollution, scientists found that coho salmon became sick and nearly died, within just a few hours of exposure to polluted stormwater.

You might even get lucky and see an endangered coho salmon spawning in Redwood Creek!

These restoration efforts have created habitat for threatened and endangered species including coho salmon, steelhead trout, and California red - legged frogs.

Pulling the end of the line close to the beginning of the reel, an 8 - pound coho salmon (more commonly referred to as a silver salmon) suddenly appeared thrashing on the water surface.

While the rivers of Port Alberni and Bamfield see incredible Sockeye salmon runs — a fly fisherman's dream — the west coast of Vancouver Island is a hotspot for chinook and coho salmon fishing, as well as halibut fishing and ling cod.

Wildlife residents include the endangered coho salmon fingerlings, Pacific wren, woodpeckers, owls, deer, chipmunks, skunks, river otters, and squirrels to name a few.

Sure, you can opt for shrimp instead of lobster, or tilapia over coho salmon, but depending on where you live, prices, quality and availability vary widely.

Although Freeman vows not to sell, as a private owner of a top - tier mall he shares something in common with the local coho salmon.

As you walk along the sparkling clear stream, look out for coho salmon and steelhead trout that call this area home.

«This is the first study to examine mate choice among wild - spawning fish of both hatchery and wild origin, and the results suggest that greater diversity of immune genes between wild - born pairs of coho salmon may increase offspring survival,» said Amelia Whitcomb, who did the research as a master's student at OSU and is lead author on the publication.

In a report released January 14, the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program is taking the unprecedented step of approving a particular method for farming Pacific coho salmon that is currently employed exclusively by the Rochester, Wash. — based AquaSeed Corp..

The Fund also implemented sustainable forestry practices to restore water quality and protect habitat for species like coho salmon, steelhead trout and spotted owl.

The researchers used genetic parentage analysis to study mating events among adult coho salmon — both wild - born and hatchery - reared — that returned and spawned in a natural context in the Umpqua River in southern Oregon.

In August and September, pink and coho salmon on their way to spawn will join you in the river mouth.

«We need to learn to see not just with Western eyes but with Islamic eyes and Inuit eyes, not just with human eyes but with golden - cheeked warbler eyes, coho salmon eyes, and polar bear eyes, and not even just with

Biological monitors count juvenile coho salmon and steelhead trout that may be lurking in the existing portion of Redwood Creek.

Since 2009, NPS and Parks Conservancy staff have worked together to improve habitat for endangered coho salmon and threatened steelhead trout, maintain habitat for threatened California red - legged frogs, decrease flooding on nearby roads, and create a self - sustaining ecosystem that requires minimal future intervention.

Endangered Coho Salmon Re-released into Redwood Creek at Muir Beach To give a boost to endangered coho salmon in the Redwood Creek Watershed, the California Department of Fish & Wildlife — and staff and volunteers from a handful of supporting agencies (including the Parks Conservancy)-- returned 106 hatchery - reared adult fish to the creek at Muir Beach on December 9.

Its cold, deep waters are inhabited by chinook and coho salmon, pods of majestic orca whales and Kinder Morgan's Westridge Marine Terminal.

I'm a huge fan of wild - caught, coho salmon.

The use of reef nets allows us to selectively harvest from these abundant runs without harming depressed stocks of Chinook and coho salmon.

The listing of the coho salmon seems likely to fuel the already heated debate surrounding the Endangered Species Act this year.