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Salmon swimming upstream in a river in Alaska. The survival of wild salmon relies heavily on them having suitable habitat for spawning and rearing of their young. [1] This habitat is the main concern for conservationists. Salmon habitat can be degraded by many different factors including land development, timber harvest, or resource extraction. [2]
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 Wild Salmon Center (WSC) is an international conservation organization that works to protect wild salmon, steelhead, char, trout and the ecosystems on which these species depend. [2] Headquartered in Portland , Oregon , United States, the WSC works with communities, businesses, governments, and other non-profits to protect and preserve ...
The result was a release of about 500,000 juvenile salmon last week. The pressure is on those salmon to reach the ocean so they can help grow the population over the next couple of years. But as ...
As a a specialised regional fishery management organisation, NASCO's mission is to contribute through consultation and cooperation to the conservation, restoration, enhancement and rational management of salmon stocks with a 10-Year Plan to slow the decline of wild North Atlantic salmon.
Salmon (/ ˈ s æ m ən /; pl.: salmon) is the common name for several commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the genera Salmo and Oncorhynchus of the family Salmonidae, native to tributaries of the North Atlantic (Salmo) and North Pacific (Oncorhynchus) basins.
The North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization is an international council made up of Canada, the European Union, Iceland, Norway, the Russian Federation, and the United States, with its headquarters in Edinburgh. It was established in 1983 to help protect Atlantic salmon stocks, through the cooperation between nations.
Assynt salmon hatchery, near Inchnadamph in the Scottish Highlands Very young fertilised salmon eggs, notice the developing eyes and vertebral column. Salmon egg hatching: In about 24 hr, it will be a fry without the yolk sac. The aquaculture or farming of salmonids can be contrasted with capturing wild salmonids using commercial fishing ...