Many thanks to Mike HIrshfield at Oceana for sending along this little piece of good news: Atlantic salmon have returned to the Seine River. After having disappeared for nearly a century due to dams, overfishing, and pollution, hundreds of Atlantic salmon are swimming past the Eiffel Tower this year. The reason? Scientists say it's simple: cleaner water.
Bonjour! Salmon are back in the Seine...
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All the writing about the Big 3, fueled an appetite for salmon. I thought what better way to start off every day this week with a little smoked salmon on bagel.
Suddenly it's salmon everywhere -- or in some cases, nowhere.
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Why must scientists play with salmons' heads like this:
Amazing! This just shows how important habitat is to the recovery of fish populations. Did you see the 85 lbs salmon that was found in California last fall: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,446686,00.html