Read more salmon stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2759/salmon.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:29:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73164/salmon-protections-strike-califs-new-49ers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagProspectors seeking to join California's new gold rush are facing an upstream battle amid moves to protect the state's salmon stocks. Suction dredge mining, which uses gas-powered machines to scrape gold from river beds, has been banned while its environmental impact is reviewed, a process expected to take until 2011....http://www.newser.com/story/73164/salmon-protections-strike-califs-new-49ers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 6:44:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66724/paris-anglers-again-catch-salmon-in-seine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag"A world of slime without human form": that was how Victor Hugo once described the Seine, the murky, polluted river that divides Paris in two. Yet recent efforts to clean up the river, from skimming the surface to pumping it with oxygen, have led to a resurgent fish population swimming...http://www.newser.com/story/66724/paris-anglers-again-catch-salmon-in-seine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Aug 2009 11:23:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59326/in-alaska-melting-glaciers-cause-land-to-rise.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAround Juneau, Alaska, climate change is causing an unexpected problem, the New York Times reports: As glaciers melt, the land is rising away from the sea. The change—10 feet in about 200 years—is enough to dry up local streams and wetland habitats, and is the result of land...http://www.newser.com/story/59326/in-alaska-melting-glaciers-cause-land-to-rise.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 18 May 2009 9:01:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55708/fishing-ban-imperils-calif-salmon-industry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPlummeting populations have led to a federal ban on commercial salmon fishing off California for the second straight year, raising fears that the industry will disappear altogether, the Los Angeles Times reports. "If we don't go fishing next year, we have to start thinking that salmon fishing in California is...http://www.newser.com/story/55708/fishing-ban-imperils-calif-salmon-industry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 09 Apr 2009 7:51:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55016/g20-leaders-will-eat-well.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama and his fellow world leaders have their work cut out for them at the G20 summit tomorrow, but at least they won’t have to tackle the problems of global finance hungry. Star chef Jamie Oliver is planning a menu of organic Shetland salmon, Welsh lamb with mint, and...http://www.newser.com/story/55016/g20-leaders-will-eat-well.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Apr 2009 14:54:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/47207/pacific-salmon-face-uncertain-tides.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWest Coast fisheries has seen a 90% drop in salmon spawn since 2004, and while many blame rivers degraded by dams and diversions, some experts believe the problem has been pushed out to sea, reports Salon. Wind direction and water temperature have changed, bringing less food to the ocean’s surface...http://www.newser.com/story/47207/pacific-salmon-face-uncertain-tides.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Jan 2009 18:43:07 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40878/puget-sounds-orcas-in-trouble.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe orca population in Washington’s Puget Sound is dropping, and scientists think a scarce food supply is to blame, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. A poor year for chinook salmon—and another is in the forecast—forced the killer whales to spend energy searching further afield for food. Two mature females...http://www.newser.com/story/40878/puget-sounds-orcas-in-trouble.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 25 Oct 2008 10:56:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34683/federal-changes-threaten-endangered-species-critics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCritics are raising an alarm over planned White House changes to the Endangered Species Act, reports the Oregonian . The modifications would give federal agencies such as the US Forest Service more leeway to decide whether activities such as logging would harm endangered species—and such determinations would no longer be...http://www.newser.com/story/34683/federal-changes-threaten-endangered-species-critics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 Aug 2008 3:21:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30010/alaskan-salmon-sick-of-climate-change.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlaskan king salmon are getting sick, and experts have named a culprit: global warming. Marine ecologists say that a rise in "white spot disease" is tied to a 3-decade trend of higher temperatures in the Yukon River, the Los Angeles Times reports. With cold-temperature barriers melting, parasites and bacteria are...http://www.newser.com/story/30010/alaskan-salmon-sick-of-climate-change.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Jun 2008 19:24:53 CDT