Ashes of orca Tokitae finally home after her death last month in Miami
Tokitae the orca has come home.
Tokitae the orca has come home.
Plants & Animals
Sep 22, 2023
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The Klamath River runs over 250 miles (400 kilometers) from southern Oregon to the Pacific Ocean in Northern California. It flows through the steep, rugged Klamath Mountains, past slopes of redwood, fir, tanoak and madrone, ...
Ecology
Jul 13, 2023
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Rates of Chinook salmon bycatch in the Pacific hake fishery rise during years when ocean temperatures are warmer, a signal that climate change and increased frequency of marine heatwaves could lead to higher bycatch rates, ...
Ecology
Jul 13, 2023
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A California tribe has signed agreements with state and federal agencies to work together on efforts to return endangered Chinook salmon to their traditional spawning areas upstream of Shasta Dam, a deal that could advance ...
Plants & Animals
May 4, 2023
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State officials were supposed to take a conservative approach to approving salmon fishing season this year—and they did.
Ecology
Mar 30, 2023
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As a key food supply declines, the endangered population of Southern Resident killer whales, known to frequent the Salish Sea off the coasts of Washington and British Columbia, is spending far less time in that region, a ...
Ecology
Mar 24, 2023
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Fishing boats would normally fan out along the California coast to catch Chinook salmon in the spring, but regulators have announced the fishing season will be shut down this year.
Plants & Animals
Mar 15, 2023
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California Chinook salmon populations have fallen to their lowest levels in years, according to new estimates released by state and federal scientists—a decline that could trigger a shutdown of the commercial and recreational ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 3, 2023
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By returning to spawn in the Sacramento River at different ages, Chinook salmon lessen the potential impact of a bad year and increase the stability of their population in the face of climate variability, according to a new ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 27, 2023
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Not all Chinook salmon are created equal, and this has a major impact on the energetics for southern resident killer whales. A recent study quantified the lipid content in Fraser River Chinook salmon—the southern resident's ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 17, 2023
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