‘Worst Ever Return’ Of Puget Sound Steelhead

“This is the worst ever return to Puget Sound,” Eleazer said. “It plays into the same thing as the Skagit — poor freshwater and saltwater rearing conditions.”

“There’s a Puget Sound element that’s applying extra pressure that we don’t understand,” he stated.
Predation by harbor seals has been eyed as a serious problem for young steelhead migrating out of Deep South Sound and Hood Canal.

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The Canary In The Coalmine is in trouble in more places than simply the Canadian West Coast. I am deeply saddened, and deeply troubled by the continuing loss of a resource I love so dearly...

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