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Over 200 People Attend Jackie Speier's Salmon Summit
“The fall run salmon population has declined from nearly 800,000 fish in 2002 to only 39,500 fish in 2009,” said Dick Pool, administrator of www.water4fish.org. “This is the largest salmon crash in US history. It is a 97 percent crash – the run in 2009 was only 3 percent of what it was in 2002.” Photo: Caleen Sisk-Franco, chief of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, urges fishermen to support the Tribe’s plan to reintroduce winter-run chinook salmon into the McCloud River above Shasta Dam. Photo by Dan Bacher.
“The fall run salmon population has declined from nearly 800,000 fish in 2002 to only 39,500 fish in 2009,” said Dick Pool, administrator of www.water4fish.org. “This is the largest salmon crash in US history. It is a 97 percent crash – the run in 2009 was only 3 percent of what it was in 2002.” Photo: Caleen Sisk-Franco, chief of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, urges fishermen to support the Tribe’s plan to reintroduce winter-run chinook salmon into the McCloud River above Shasta Dam. Photo by Dan Bacher.
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