Latest Chinook salmon Stories

MANTECA, OAKDALE and STOCKTON, Calif., Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite repeated warnings, a government agency failed to modify water releases from a California reservoir, resulting in the loss of fall-run Chinook salmon, which are a "species of concern" under the Endangered Species Act. The United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) did not modify water releases from the New Melones Reservoir in Tuolumne County, resulting in salmon spawning in side channels that were inundated with...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- California Trout and Trout Unlimited today launched an outreach campaign to advocate for a science-based approach to managing the Central Valley's flood protection system including connected floodplains required for salmon recovery. The groups came together in response to FloodSAFE, a California Department of Water Resources (DWR) initiative designed to improve the state's integrated flood management plan. FloodSAFE is a result of 2007...

Vote Confirms Local Opposition to Pebble Mine ANCHORAGE, Ala., Oct. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Canvass Board of the Lake and Peninsula Borough confirmed the passage of the Save Our Salmon (SOS) Initiative. The votes cast on October 4 were counted yesterday in King Salmon and the initiative was approved by a majority of local residents. The initiative will amend the borough's development permitting code to prevent the advancement of any large-scale resource extraction activity,...

Warming streams could spell the end of spring-run Chinook salmon in California by the end of the century, according to a study by scientists at UC Davis, the Stockholm Environment Institute and the National Center for Atmospheric Research. There are options for managing water resources to protect the salmon runs, although they would impact hydroelectric power generation, said Lisa Thompson, director of the Center for Aquatic Biology and Aquaculture at UC Davis. A paper describing the study...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Purdue University scientist is urging federal officials to decide whether genetically engineered salmon would be allowed for U.S. consumption and arguing that not doing so may set back scientific efforts to increase food production. William Muir, a professor of animal sciences, said that based on data made available by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, AquAdvantage (AA) salmon poses little real risk to the environment or...

DAVIS, Calif., Aug. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The federal review process for genetically engineered food animals, now being applied to fast-growing salmon, is tortuously drawn out, scientifically unjustified, and likely to rob society of both environmental and economic benefits, argue researchers at the University of California, Davis, and Purdue University. In a commentary piece published Aug. 5 in the online version of Nature Biotechnology, animal scientists Alison L. Van...

A Purdue University scientist is urging federal officials to decide whether genetically engineered salmon would be allowed for U.S. consumption and arguing that not doing so may set back scientific efforts to increase food production.William Muir, a professor of animal sciences, said that based on data made available by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, AquAdvantage (AA) salmon poses little real risk to the environment or human health. AA salmon were given a gene from Chinook salmon that...

Alaska's most coveted seasonal salmon variety is now available to home cooks across the U.S. Anaheim, CA (PRWEB) May 27, 2011 Seafood lovers across the country, the wait is over because the annual wild salmon celebration is finally here. Anderson Seafoods, America's most trusted seafood source for over 30 years, introduces fresh Copper River King Salmon to its online retail store for a limited time. "If you are buying fresh seafood online, we should be your first and last source," says...

TORONTO, March 10 /PRNewswire/ - The following video is available by satellite or by CNW's Video On-Demand web download: STORY SUMMARY:  Trim and Terrific cookbook author Holly Clegg takes the fear out of cooking fish with a quick and easy recipe, using locally raised, heart healthy salmon. Not knowing how to cook fish scares some people away from a healthy, delicious meal.  Holly demonstrates how to prepare a salmon meal with just four ingredients. It's a guaranteed...

A critical look at the extraordinary efforts to save Pacific Northwest salmon Watch full episodes at pbs.org/nature NEW YORK, March 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The annual runs of millions of salmon once defined the Pacific Northwest. Now, their alarming absence is shaping the region. The Columbia River was once among the most productive salmon fisheries on the planet. Today, many Columbia River Basin populations are already extinct, and of those remaining, thirteen more, including...