Ryan
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Red (sockeye) and in some cases pink salmon stocks have increased, the rest have not. King (chinook) salmon has decreased enough that some areas have been shut down for fishing. I have heard rumors it might be listed as am endangered species in certain systems. Over the 30+ years I have fished Southcentral Alaska I have seen king, silver, and chum salmon numbers drop substantially. Why? Multiple reasons we could go round and round about, but it's happening. Warming benefits one species but hurts another. Look at Bering sea crab numbers for another sign of that. Big crash in population there. Changes in winter weather patterns is playing havoc on some of the caribou herds too.Thank you for the detailed report (General Miles)
On our television they brought a scientist from Alaska who said that due to global warming and the 1.5-2 degrees Celsius warmer sea and thus a correspondingly higher food supply, the salmon stocks are increasing in the upper reaches (I forget where).
Do you know anything about this?
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