Posts Tagged ‘Dead Fish’

Cleaner Seine Hosts Salmon Again

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
Cleaner Seine hosts salmon again Wild salmon are returning to the French capital for the first time in almost a century, scientists say.Historically, Salmo salar – or Atlantic salmon – used to migrate up the Seine river for part of the year to spawn. But increased pollution of the water and the building of dams after World War I saw their number dwindle. By 1995, the salmon were gone, and only four species of fish braved the Seine’s dirty waters, which washed up hundreds of tonnes of dead fish a

Dan Bacher commentary: Schwarzenegger, Feinstein and Nature Conservancy capture Cold, Dead Fish awards

Saturday, February 7th, 2009
Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on February 7, 2009 at 6:21 amThe competition among the candidates for Cold, Dead Fish Awards in 2008 was fierce as corrupt politicians, agribusiness leaders, corporate polluters and their allies launched a full-scale offensive on the imperiled fish populations of California and the West. Bruce Anderson, the hilarious social and political satirist who edits the Anderson Valley Advertiser in Mendocino County, once quipped, “When the barricades go up, I’m shooting in all

Monstrous Chinook salmon discovered in Battle Creek shallows

Thursday, November 13th, 2008
What has happened to all of our Chinook salmon? The beast pictured above looks as though he may have swallowed them all.But seriously, the recent discovery of this dead fish in Battle Creek in Tehama County was significant enough for the Department of Fish and Game to issue a news release Wednesday afternoon, describing it as