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Chinook Salmon
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Environmental Science Wednesday, February 26, 1997
Among the many kinds of fish harvested each year by commercial fisheries is the
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha or . The United States catches an
averages of about three hundred million pounds of sal .... Middle of Term Paper
... power,
however it is very damaging to our salmon populations. The dams block off
rivers, which block the salmon's path back to their breeding grounds. The
salmon go back to the same areas, just as their ancestors did, to lay their eggs.
The hydropower plant's turbines are also very dangerous to young salmon. Many
of them are killed by the giant turbines on their way back to the ocean.
Killing off many of the salmons new generation. Pollution is also a killer of
many Chinook salmon. Pollution caused by sewage, farming, grazing, logging and
mining find it's way into our waters. These harmful substances kill many
species of fish and o ... |
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