Last week, Alaskan and Canadian biologists and salmon managers met to share their forecasts and management recommendations for Yukon River chum and Chinook salmon. It’s looking like another year of low returns.
This year s Yukon River Chinook salmon run will likely be small, according to forecast
Officials on both sides of the border are concerned that the run will once again fail to meet conservation and harvest goals.
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Officials on both sides of the border are concerned that the run will fail to meet conservation goals
Posted: Apr 16, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: April 16
Chinook salmon in the Whitehorse fish ladder viewing chamber. U.S. and Canadian experts are forecasting a small run on the Yukon River this year, with the most likely run size consisting of 57,000 Canadian-origin fish.(William Twardek)
Scientists puzzled by 30,000 chinook that seem to be missing from Yukon River
There s a mystery in Yukon and Alaska and it involves about 30,000 missing chinook salmon. A Jan. 26 meeting of the Yukon River Panel focused on a surprising discrepancy between measurements at two different sonar stations.
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