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An Ich-y Situation for Alaskan Salmon

Posted by emily | Monday, June 23, 2008 at 5:53pm
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A few weeks ago I wrote about how this year's commercial Chinook salmon season was canceled in California and most of Oregon due to a collapse in population. Now, as LA Times reporter Ken Weiss reports, the salmon's Alaskan brethren are in trouble, this time from a parasite lovingly referred to as "Ich."

Categories: Global Warming | Keywords: alaska, chinook salmon, Climate Change, ich, kenneth weiss, king salmon, la times, pulitzer prize, rotten fruit, warmer waters, white spot disease, yukon river
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