Nick Gayeski

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Nick Gayeski

Harvesting immature Chinook is shrinking salmon and reducing future returns, new research finds

A new study by researchers at the Wild Fish Conservancy and Raincoast Conservation Foundation has found that marine salmon fisheries along the Pacific coast typically harvest Chinook too early in their life cycle, before they reach their full size as adults. The implications from this are far reaching for fisheries, future Chinook runs, and the ecosystem.

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