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Native fish vulnerable during current low water flows in south coast streams GOLD BEACH, Ore – Wild winter steelhead and Pacific lamprey are now actively spawning in southern Oregon coastal streams. Unfortunately, spawning is happening during low water flows that are more characteristic of early summer than spring and may put these and other fish species at risk from human activity. ODFW fish biologists are encouraging people to take steps to protect the fish species in these streams. Landowners should not clear native vegetation along streams that run through their property. Recreationists...

Darling River ecology 'extinct' and Murray cod 'in real trouble', warns expert Dr Stuart Rowland FriFriday 12 MarMarch 2021 at 9:21pm Murray cod numbers in the Murray-Darling system will never return to what they were just decades ago, says Dr Rowland. ( Share Print text only Cancel The Darling River's aquatic ecology is so degraded it has become extinct and iconic fish species including the Murray cod face an uncertain future, according to one of Australia's most respected fish scientists. Key points: Dr Rowland says prolonged drought and irrigation have created an ecological disaster in the...

Before Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife employees at the Leaburg Hatchery, about three miles west of Vida, could evacuate from the Holiday Farm Fire that was spreading down the McKenzie River corridor in September, they had a big choice to make. Would they prematurely release the fish housed at the hatchery into the McKenzie River, or let them die?  In the early morning hours of Sept. 8, as the sky glowed red from the raging fire that was still getting bigger and more destructive, ODFW ended up releasing about 1.2 million Chinook salmon, small steelhead and rainbow trout fry into the M...

>> we are talking about a 7-year-olds baseball game. it's the parents who need to grow up. jillian: kids in the background like what do i do? police are looking for more suspects. here's a question. have you ever flushed a fish down the toilet? well, you might want to think twice if you have. >> oh, no. poor little guy. what's happening? why is he playing dead? he is going to get flushed down the toilet. he is going to get out of here. jillian: nemo, a water protection group says you shouldn't flush your fish and this is why. that is a 14-inch goldfish. this former pet was found in the niagara...