Salmon Management in the Pacific Northwest

Salmon Management in the Pacific Northwest

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Do we , as a region and a nation , need salmon ? Why or why not ? When

is the cost too high or priorities misplaced

The Pacific Northwest region that includes areas like in California Oregon , Washington , Idaho , and southern British Columbia and the USA as a whole need salmon fish . FAQ (unpublished ) clarifies that the reason for this is that , approximately one hundred and thirty-seven species of both plants and animals depend on the salmon fish for their survival According to

Manning (1996 , there exist a mutual relationship between the forest and the salmon fish . He states that forest need salmon fish as much as salmon fish need them . Forests gain carbon and nitrogen from the salmon fish while salmon fish gain oxygen and other nutrients from the forests . Some forest species which depend on nutrients or carbon and nitrogen gases will die if the salmon fish was to reduce in number or was to get extinct . The salmon fish is therefore very important maintaining biodiversity or ecological diversity

The cost of sustainable conservation of salmon fish is very expensive especially in the wake of the global climate change . Salmon fish requires a very unique habitat which is large and cold . According to Lackey (2009 , billions of dollars have been used in trying to conserve salmon fish with very little success due to the global climate change The major river River Klamathi , where the salmon fish thrive in , has experienced serious...