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Puget Sound salmon recovery is a collective effort of federal, state and local authorities and non-profit coalitions of universities, scientists, business and industry aimed at restoring Pacific salmon and anadromous forms of Pacific trout (Oncorhynchus) within the Puget Sound region.
The masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou), also known as masu (Japanese: マス, lit. 'salmon trout') or cherry trout (桜鱒, サクラマス, sakura masu) in Japan, [1] [2] is a species of salmonid belonging to the genus Oncorhynchus, found in the North Pacific along Northeast/East Asian coasts from the Russian Far East (Primorsky, Kamchatka Peninsula, Sakhalin and Kuril Islands) to south through ...
Both voted against the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which had significant salmon recovery investment in Washington state including Puget Sound. This federal law funds one of the largest ...
The Puget Sound Partnership is currently working to implement policy change at the local level to alter the fate of salmon. Salmon recovery is guided by implementation of the Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Plan, adopted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in January 2007. This recovery plan was developed by Shared ...
Proponents of the plan argue that hatcheries are essential to the survival of salmon within the Puget Sound region and beyond. [9] Other groups argue against the hatcheries because they claim that it offsets the environmental balance by introducing the artificially raised salmon populations and pitting them against the natural population. [ 10 ]
In fact, in observing the female coho salmon carcasses, most of the fish have retained greater than 90 percent of their eggs. [7] Pre-spawn mortality occurs in both male and female salmon, however, it is difficult to determine if male salmon have spawned, thus, pre-spawn mortality is usually signified by egg retention of female salmon. [7]
The Salish Sea, showing the Strait of Georgia near centre, the Strait of Juan de Fuca below, Puget Sound at the lower right, Johnstone Strait at the extreme upper left, and the Pacific Ocean at lower left.
Canneries Chetlo Harbor Packing Company, Chetlo Harbor, Washington (operated from 1912 to 1915, canning 10,000 cases of Salmon); Gulf of Georgia Cannery, Steveston, British Columbia (re-opened in 1994 as a fishing and canning museum)