Due to lower than expected returns upon chum salmon in a number of Puget Sound areas salmon fishing has been closed effective today, November 12th until further notice.
Once again we have suffered another salmon loss. This time we have lost 6.2 million Chinook at the Minter Creek Hatchery when there was a power loss during a storm and the back up generators failed...
6.2 Million Chinook fry were lost last weekend when the Minter Creek Hatchery lost power in a windstorm and the backup generator failed. Just one more blow to Washington salmon...