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Is Chinook Recovery Harmed by a Great Misdiagnosis?
Chinook salmon are unique. They are the largest, most preferred salmon among seafood lovers. They are important to indigenous peoples economically and culturally. But, unlike all other Pacific salmon species, Chinook are struggling. Will the favored solutions bring these iconic fish back, or merely cause more harm?
Is it possible that the most popular solutions proposed to recover Chinook salmon will fail if implemented? Most proposed solutions to Chinook recovery focus on habitat. Advocates seek to remove dams, convert farmland into large, inflexible stream buffers, and restrict or eliminate water access.
This paper will introduce science studies important to this discussion. It will show:
1) Why most salmo...
