100,000 live salmon spilled off a truck in Oregon. Most landed in a creek and lived.
spokesman.com
April 4, 2024
On a recent morning in March, while dew was still on the road, there occurred the salmon smolt mishap of northeast Oregon.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said on Tuesday that one of its tankers was in an accident on March 29, resulting in the escape of thousands of live salmon that were being moved as part of a federal and state program to replenish stocks depleted by dams.
In an undated photo from U.S. Fish and Wildlife, chinook smolts that were being carried in a tanker truck that crashed on an Oregon highway, spilling more than 100,000 of the fish. Most of the fish flopped into a creek off the road, and they are expected to survive and continue their journey to the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife via New York Times) |
