Essay Archive - Chinook Salmon
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....
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