Experts explain why salmon run seeing record numbers, sizes in parts of Bay Area
Bay Area waterways are seeing incredible numbers and sizes of Chinook salmon. Some of them are being seen in areas right by homes and major roads. The fish can be seen just under a bridge on Branham Lane in San Jose. The South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition has been tracking them in South Bay waterways for more than 10 years. ABC7 News tagged along with Steve Holmes, the coalition’s founder and executive director as he worked to track down carcasses. … Holmes and the coalition take the heads off of the fish and send them off to UC Davis where work is done to determine where they came from. Holmes said it was once believed that fish in these urban waterways came from hatcheries, but the research they’re helping is proving that many are not.
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