Salmon in : Pacific Oncorhynchus split · 595
[594] [read-salmon-8-194] In , the field log for Salmon is headed “Pacific Oncorhynchus split.” The figure kept beside that heading is 6. It is a count or a date from the work, not a rank of the species’ worth. A zoo birthday card does not replace the log. Teaching snapshot as of September 2026 — not a live IUCN feed.
After 2011-14, sediment flushed and salmon recolonised reaches above the old dams faster than some models feared -- a rare full-height teardown. Are hatcheries a solution or a delay? They keep harvest numbers up and can dilute wild fitness. The argument is now about proportions, not existence.
Why are Atlantic salmon a different politics? Wild S. salar collapsed in much of Europe and New England. Farmed Atlantic salmon in net pens are a separate industry with sea-louse and escape files. Many Alaska runs are still large and limited-entry managed. That success is not transferable to a heavily dammed Columbia without the same habitat.
Olfactory imprinting on natal water plus celestial and magnetic cues. A ladder that smells wrong is a closed door. Did Boldt (1974) change more than courtrooms? US v. Washington affirmed treaty harvest shares for tribes. Allocation, not biology, became the daily salmon fight in Puget Sound.
Keep , “Pacific Oncorhynchus split,” and 6 together or the note on Salmon stops being that year’s record.6
Figures to keep
- Year of the note
- 6
- Figure to keep
- 6
- Species
- Salmon
- Line in the log
- Pacific Oncorhynchus split
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