Smashing records, sockeye salmon are booming up the Columbia River, in a run expected to top 700,000 fish before it’s over. But a punishing heat wave has made river temperatures so hot many may ...

SEATTLE — Earlier this summer, the record return of sockeye salmon on the Columbia River looked to be doomed by water too warm to pass. But the run got a well-timed break from the heat.

Sockeye and chum salmon were commonly found in temperatures down to just a few degrees above freezing, ... April 16). Huge database gives insight into salmon patterns at sea. ScienceDaily.

Ruggerone said that pattern is just oneof many factors that made this year’s sockeye smaller. But he said it’s an important factor to keep an eye on, because the number of pink salmon has been ...

Study Links Pink Salmon Abundance to Sockeye Salmon Stunted Growth. ... Rand and Ruggerone found that Alaskan sockeye size and abundance show a clear sawtooth pattern over time going back to 1977.

Unlike farmed salmon, which produce jumbo fillets, sockeye are found only in the wild, specifically in the northern part of the Pacific Ocean, where they spend years swimming freely.

Smashing records, sockeye salmon are booming up the Columbia River, in a run expected to top 700,000 fish before it’s over. But a punishing heat wave has made river temperatures so hot many may ...

Smashing records, sockeye salmon are booming up the Columbia River, in a run expected to top 700,000 fish before it’s over. But a punishing heat wave has made river temperatures so hot many may ...

Smashing records, sockeye salmon are booming up the Columbia River in a run expected to top 700,000 fish before it’s over. But a punishing heat wave has made river temperatures so hot many may ...