Term Papers on Chinook Salmon

Term Paper Title	Chinook Salmon
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# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	2.3

Chinook Salmon

Environmental Science Wednesday, February 26, 1997

Among the many kinds of fish harvested each year by commercial fisheries is the
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha or Chinook salmon.  The United States catches an
averages of about three hundred million pounds of salmon each year.  However
some Chinook salmon have been recently listed as threatened.  Man has been the
main cause for the decline in Chinook salmon populations.

The populations of Chinook salmon have declined for several reasons.  Hydropower
and it's destructiveness to the environment, pollution, and overfishing are the
three main causes for the decline.  The Chinook salmon is known for traveling
the greatest distance back to its spawning grounds, often traveling one to two
thousand miles inland.  This long journey is now often interrupted by
hydroelectric plants.  Hydropower is a very good alternative resource for 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 other marine life. The Chinook salmon is no exception.  The
chemicals are dumped into the rivers and streams and eventually these chemicals
find their way to the ocean, polluting and effecting each area they pass through.

The largest contributor to the decline in the Chinook salmon population is the
commercial fishing indust...

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