Based on the numbers of lice on juvenile salmon in 2015, researchers predicted an additional 9 — 39 per cent decline in
returning pink salmon due to the outbreak.
Not exact matches
«We found that freshwater acidification affects
pink salmon and may impact their ability to survive and ultimately
return to their freshwater spawning grounds.»
The fall of 2014 did have a healthy
return of adult
pink salmon, bringing sea lice into near - shore waters where they could infect farmed
salmon.
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.
Late August and September sees the
return of
pink salmon to the Glendale River and we time the tours to the tides to optimize viewing opportunities in the river.
The Department of Fisheries helicopter flight over Knight Inlet on August 29, 2011 reported low numbers in the Glendale River system, only 36,000
pink salmon returned.
These early
pink salmon are
returning to Klawade River, about 6 miles farther up the inlet from Glendale Cove.