We covered this in the Recycle Radar Roundup section of this week's podcast, but it bears fully explanation and detail. There are no Chinook salmon on the American west coast, and that means no Chinook (also known as king) salmon from northern Oregon to Mexico. Normally, the Chinook season opens May 1 and runs for four months. Not this year. As the New York Times story explains, part of what makes this situation so frightening and baffling is the lack of a clear explanation or cause, and the fact that any number of human activities could have made it happen.
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lora bruncke
What a tragic story that could have been averted if we had looked and listened.
We prefered highrise hotels to fisherman, and sent out an army to establish dominion over the oceans.
As for the cause of this, my guess would be pollution from man made products thanks to man made economy.