Everett Herald: Stillaguamish salmon run’s future rests on 45 fish
Jul 8th, 2009 • Category: NWIFC BlogThe Everett Herald on the Stillaguamish Tribe’s south fork Stilluagmish chinook broodstock program:
Stillaguamish tribal biologists are planning DNA tests for each fingerling to determine whether they are male or female, and whether they are members of a dwindling community: the Stillaguamish River’s south fork chinook strain.
If the fish are of the strain, and if there is a sufficient male-to-female ratio and if the biologists can keep each fish alive for at least three years in a high-tech controlled environment, there may be a chance for the genetically unique south fork chinook strain to survive.
“We have to keep these guys alive,” said Charlotte Schofield, a technician with the Stillaguamish Tribe’s Natural Resources Department.
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