Unfavorable ocean conditions likely cause of low 2007 salmon returns along ...(California and Oregon are also considera...)

Date:3/3/2008

California and Oregon are also considerably lower than predicted. A preliminary analysis found an average 27 percent of the parental stock returning in 12 streams monitored in California. Even though coho returns appear to improve along the coast from south to north, Oregon Coast coho salmon had less than 30 percent of their parental stock return.

Coho salmon are listed as either endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act in the Central/Northern California and Southern Oregon watersheds.

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Contact: Jim Milbury jim.milbury@noaa.gov 562-980-4006 NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Source:Eurekalert

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