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Sockeye salmon. The sockeye salmon ( Oncorhynchus nerka ), also called red salmon, kokanee salmon, blueback salmon, or simply sockeye, is an anadromous species of salmon found in the Northern Pacific Ocean and rivers discharging into it. This species is a Pacific salmon that is primarily red in hue during spawning.
While the sockeye headed to B.C. are breaking records, endangered Snake River sockeye — the first in 1991 of 13 runs to be listed under the Endangered Species Act — continue to do terribly.
A salmon run is an annual fish migration event where many salmonid species, which are typically hatched in fresh water and live most of the adult life downstream in the ocean, swim back against the stream to the upper reaches of rivers to spawn on the gravel beds of small creeks. After spawning, all species of Pacific salmon and most Atlantic ...
NOAA's Office of Protected Resources maintains a list of Endangered Species, the Endangered Species Act. Sweden has generated a protection program as part of its Biodiversity Action Plan. State of Salmon maintains an IUCN red list of endangered salmon. The Kamchatka Peninsula, in the Russian Far East, contains the world's greatest salmon sanctuary.
Jul. 21—Snake River sockeye salmon are making a good showing at Bonneville Dam, but the endangered fish must contend with rising water temperatures to complete their daunting 900-mile journey ...
A series of four dams were built along the lower Snake River between 1955 and 1975, after which Idaho sockeye were listed as endangered, in 1991. Between 1991 and 1999, only 23 fish returned to ...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Environmental Protection Agency, groups steelhead and salmon into distinct population segments (DPS). There are currently 15 DPS for steelhead ( Oncorhynchus mykiss) and 31 evolutionarily significant units (ESU) for five species of ...
Over 300,000 sockeye salmon passed over McNary Dam from June 15 to June 30. It’s been a banner year. Compare that number to creel census data from the Washington Department of Fish and Game ...