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Michael Olson’s Food Chain Radio Show #1336
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GUEST: John McManus, Senior Policy Director, Golden State Salmon Association
What’s eating what?
What is not eating what this year is we-the-people eating king salmon!
The kings, which are also called “chinooks” by those in the know, are those salmon that are hatched in the rivers and streams of California and Oregon, and which, when of age, migrate down the rivers into the Pacific Ocean where they spend their working lives.
Then, when it is time, they migrate back up the rain-swollen rivers to spawn a new generation of king salmon.
But for eight years in a row California and Oregon rivers did not swell with rain, and for the three years before the proverbial dam broke this year, there was very little rain at all. And what little rain that did fall was deperately needed by the farmers who grow the nation’s food.
As a consequence of what has been called the worst drought in 1200 years, and the competition for what little water was available during that drought, there are very few king salmon left swimming in the waters of California and Oregon– not enough salmon, to have a salmon season. And so we ask:
Can enough salmon be saved to have a salmon season? Then, when its time, they migrate back up the rain-swollen rivers to spawn a new generation of king salmon.
But for eight years in a row California and Oregon rivers did not swell with rain, and for the three years before the proverbial dam broke this year, there was very little rain at all. And what little rain that did fall was desperately needed by the farmers who grow the nation’s food.
As a consequence of what has been called the worst drought in 1200 years, and the competition for what little water was available during that drought, there are very few king salmon left swimming in the waters of California and Oregon – not enough salmon, to have a salmon season. And so we ask:
Leave a comment below: Can enough salmon be saved to have a salmon season ever again?
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