Tippets: Wild vs. Farmed, Smith River Mine Update, Hatchery Flooding, Westslope Cutthroat Reintroduction, Historic Atlantic Salmon Spawn

December 23, 2015 By: Erin Block

  • In a recent piece in Nautilus Magazine Matthew Berger looks at the differences between farmed and wild salmon. “Domesticated salmon are about as different from wild salmon as dogs are from wolves,” says Mart Gross, a professor at the University of Toronto. Via The Fishing Wire.
  • The proposed Smith River mine in Montana is gaining ground, a concern for environmentalists and anglers alike. Voice your opinion on the project here. Via AFFTA.
  • Heavy rain and flooding in the Pacific Northwest has caused the the Fallert Creek Hatchery on the lower Kalama River to lose 2.4 million fall chinook salmon fry. “Those fish will be missed, particularly in the ocean fishery,” said Kelly Cunningham, deputy assistant director for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Fish Program. Via The Fishing Wire.
  • Josh Bergan highlights a project on Cherry Creek, a major tributary of the Lower Madison River, which has reintroduced native Westslope cutthroat trout to the river system. Read more on TroutBugs.
  • For the first time in Connecticut since the late 1700s, spawning of Atlantic salmon in the wild was recently documented. Read more via Fishing Northeast.