salmon killed by bush water stunt
salmon problem
Paul McHugh, Chronicle Outdoors Writer
Saturday, October 1, 2005
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The fish kill occurred after the Department of the Interior gave more water from the Klamath River to irrigate potato farms in the Klamath Basin. Shortly after the water diversion, Indians along the lower Klamath were horrified by what they termed a "salmon holocaust" as 80,000 adult salmon died in low, tepid, parasite-laden water that trickled downstream. Uncountable juvenile, out-migrating salmon perished as well.
The impacts of this event shall reverberate for years along an 800-mile stretch of coast from Monterey to Astoria. It now hits struggling ports like Noyo particularly hard in 2005, a year when most of those dead juveniles would have swum around offshore as adults.
Commercial fishermen estimate a $100 million loss for just this season.
Paul McHugh, Chronicle Outdoors Writer
Saturday, October 1, 2005
...
The fish kill occurred after the Department of the Interior gave more water from the Klamath River to irrigate potato farms in the Klamath Basin. Shortly after the water diversion, Indians along the lower Klamath were horrified by what they termed a "salmon holocaust" as 80,000 adult salmon died in low, tepid, parasite-laden water that trickled downstream. Uncountable juvenile, out-migrating salmon perished as well.
The impacts of this event shall reverberate for years along an 800-mile stretch of coast from Monterey to Astoria. It now hits struggling ports like Noyo particularly hard in 2005, a year when most of those dead juveniles would have swum around offshore as adults.
Commercial fishermen estimate a $100 million loss for just this season.
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