Sentences with phrase «of coho»

Yan Wong changed the thumbnail image of «File: Henneguya salminicola in flesh of coho salmon, BC, Canada.JPG».

On occasion biologists can be seen hard at work conducting fish surveys in Redwood Creek to monitor three crucial periods in the life cycle of coho salmon: junvenille, smolt, and adult.

Legal protection: The National Marine Fisheries Service has identified seven distinct populations of coho, called Evolutionary Significant Units (ESUs), in Washington, Oregon and California.

The next batch of coho is scheduled for release in December 2016.

«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.

But their crucial contribution to stream ecosystems may benefit the health of coho populations.»

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.

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

More than half of the coho's stream habitats — and a massive 90 per cent in central California — are on private property.

Not exact matches

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

This September afternoon, against a backdrop of cedar forests and horse pastures, you pull your lawn chair into a welcoming circle of family, friends, and neighbors as you watch Kyle, a lanky man with a neat gray beard, working patiently on 70 hearty pounds of Southeast - caught coho.

Here, coho is pan-seared, then finished in the oven, and placed atop a bed of sauteed leeks and chanterelle mushrooms.

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

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.

There is a three - foot moderate roll, the lake trout and coho trailers will be out today in all of their overequipped glory.

Each year, 200,000 coho and chinook salmon as well as tens of thousands of brown and rainbow trout are released in each of the harbors, he said.

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.

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.

The coho are in peril mainly because of degradation of the coastal streams where the adult fish spawn and the juveniles spend the first half of their lives, says Diaz - Soltero.

However, most of the land surrounding coho streams in California and Oregon is timber country, and if the coho is to recover there will have to be changes in logging practices to protect stream habitats, she says.

Both commercial and sport fishing for coho have been banned in both states for the past two years, at a loss of between $ 60 and $ 70 million a year to the fishing industry.

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.

Of the six salmon species, Chinook salmon made up 80 % of the sequences, followed by 15 % coho salmoOf the six salmon species, Chinook salmon made up 80 % of the sequences, followed by 15 % coho salmoof the sequences, followed by 15 % coho salmon.

The paper's lead author Nelson says:» «We found an indirect link between spawning pink and chum salmon, and juveniles of another species, coho.»

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.

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 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

Moreover, the study, which looked at U.S. west coast coho (Silver) and Chinook (King) salmon, found that the two species» ocean survival have increasingly covaried, or «synchronized,» since the 1980s as a result of the NPGO.

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.

Another benefit of Kamchatka's isolation is protection for populations of chum, sockeye, chinook, coho and pink salmon, which return by the millions to spawn in Kamchatka's rivers.

This could be because coho take longer than zebrafish to develop, making their embryos more sensitive to trace amounts of toxic substances.

There is only one migratory Atlantic species but five existing species of Pacific salmon: chinook (or king), sockeye (or red), coho (or silver), pink and chum.

According to the World's Healthiest Foods, «Southeast Alaskan chum, sockeye, coho, pink, and chinook salmon, together with Kodiak coho, pink and chum salmon have all been evaluated for contaminant consumption risk involving many POPs (including dioxins, dioxin - like compounds (DLCs) and polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs) and have been found to be the lowest risk category of wild - caught salmon for regular consumption.»

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.

The beach is also at the end of the peninsula, so casting salmon is a common occurrence — caught coho are often cooked right there on a fire for a fresh salmon dinner.

Heavy use of this road caused erosion and deposited sediment in Redwood Creek — damaging the spawning grounds of the endangered coho salmon and threatened steelhead trout.

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

«The mouth of the Redwood Creek at Muir Beach is the gateway for the coho salmon's epic journey into and out of the redwood - lined valley of Muir Woods.

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.

«It's those kinds of things that throw a real monkey wrench into coho survival.»

During the freshwater phase of their lives, coho face myriad challenges, from dams to droughts.

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

The goal of the project — begun in 2009 and estimated to take four years to complete — is to make the creek a functional, self - sustaining ecosystem once again by realigning the creek; restoring wetlands, an intermittent tidal lagoon, and dunes; and also creating and maintaining habitat for sustainable populations of the endangered coho salmon and threatened steelhead trout.

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.

Experience some of the world's best saltwater fishing by catching halibut, snapper and ling cod, as well as chinook, coho and sockeye salmon

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

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.

Threatened or Endangered: Yes Population: Whereas in the 1940's, coho salmon in California were estimated to number between 200,000 and 500,000, today's population is estimated to have fallen to 1 percent of historic levels, and the coho of the Central California Coast are considered to be at high risk for extinction.

The coho live the remainder of their lives at sea, returning to their birthplace only at the end of their life's arc in order to spawn, die, and restarting the life cycle once more.

Fishing is a year - round passion in Campbell River, with anglers hooking Chinook salmon 12 months of the year and four other varieties — coho, pink, chum and sockeye — from May to November.