Salmon may have been too tired to navigate Whitehorse fish ladder, research suggests
The chair of an advisory group on managing salmon stocks in Yukon says there are lots of questions to be answered, about why fewer salmon seem to be reaching and passing through the Whitehorse fish ladder.
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Posted: Feb 16, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: February 16
Chinook salmon swim by the Whitehorse fish ladder. The chair of the Yukon Salmon Sub-committee says 2020 was a particularly tough year for spawning salmon in the Yukon River.(Claudiane Samson/Radio-Canada)
The chair of an advisory group on managing salmon stocks in Yukon says there are lots of questions to be answered about why fewer salmon seem to be reaching and passing through the Whitehorse fish ladder.