04-07-2013, 01:03 AM
The dams or loss of habitat is a huge problem in the lower 48 which can really only be offset by hatcheries in some drainages.
Alaska doesn't have that problem. The fish seem to be picking up a disease at sea and returning with it to die shortly before entering the fresh water or soon there after. The meat is fibrous and can't be used by the canneries even if the fish make it to the nets. Since most seem to die at sea, it's hard to to tell what the rate of decline is.
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Alaska doesn't have that problem. The fish seem to be picking up a disease at sea and returning with it to die shortly before entering the fresh water or soon there after. The meat is fibrous and can't be used by the canneries even if the fish make it to the nets. Since most seem to die at sea, it's hard to to tell what the rate of decline is.
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