Hundreds of thousands of juvenile salmon released into California rivers have suffered a “mass mortality”, state officials reported Saturday.
TCalifornia Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) released Approximately 830,000 baby Chinook salmon flow into Fall Creek, a tributary of the Klamath River. on February 26 to restore the species to the area.
Shortly after officials released the first fish from a new hatchery in Siskiyou County, officials said they were suffering from “gas bubble disease,” which may have occurred as schools of salmon migrated through the Iron Gate Dam tunnels. He said there is a high possibility that the salmon died. Removal. “
The $35 million Fall Creek Fish Farm’s mission to repopulate the river has been thwarted by a mysterious disease caused by “increased dissolved gas pressures above ambient pressure.” according to to National Library of Medicine.
“Fish with chronic forms, especially juveniles, die slowly without showing symptoms,” the study says, explaining how in acute cases mental and physical symptoms occur before death. ing.
The state wildlife agency assured the public that “there is no indication that the mortality rate is related to other water quality conditions in the Klamath River,” and that other fish downstream of the dam appear to be “healthy.” Stated.
“The problems associated with the Iron Gate Dam tunnel are temporary and serve as a sad reminder of how the Klamath River’s dams have negatively impacted salmon runs for generations. “We will do so,” the official added. “CDFW plans for all future salmon releases below Iron Gate Dam until this infrastructure is removed.”
Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom Before corroborated “A controversial proposal to remove four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River,” reports the Post Millennial’s Katie Daviscourt. “Now the same fish he was sworn to protect could be killed in the process.”
