"BAR" wrote in message
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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No kidding.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/17/sc.../17salmon.html

For those who don't subscribe:

Chinook Salmon Vanish Without a Trace

By FELICITY BARRINGER
Published: March 17, 2008

The New York Times

The Chinook salmon that swim upstream to spawn in the fall, the most
robust run in the Sacramento River, have disappeared. The almost
complete collapse of the richest and most dependable source of Chinook
salmon south of Alaska left gloomy fisheries experts struggling for
reliable explanations - and coming up dry.


First, the bees, and now this. Are animals giving us the finger?

You could say that. If we stopped trying to micro manage the planet it my
just be nicer to us.



Major problem on the river is the Federal pumps for the California water
project. They can pump the entire Sacramento river down the canal if
wanted. 80% of the pumped water is for agriculture and most goes to grow
subsidized Cotton and alfalfa in the desert. Then they transport lots of
the smolts to the mouth at San Francisco bay and release them in to the
mouths of stripers and birds, as they release them during the day, and as
they are confused and mill about ringing the dinner bell for all the
predators. Plus you can find lots of Chinook and steelhead in the Asian
fish markets. Netting without regards to seasons on the highseas. We have
already had the season closed for the year here.