Spill of chlorinated water into Janes Creek during water district repair work kills more than 250 fish, including coho salmon
A mechanical failure during last week’s emergency repair work to a damaged Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District (HBMWD) transmission pipeline caused chlorinated water to spill into Janes Creek, resulting in the death of more than 250 fish, including trout, sculpin and Coho salmon, according to district staff. … [O]ne of that agency’s [CDFW] environmental scientists responded to the scene of the spill — near Coombs Road in northern Arcata — and saw “a couple dozen” dead Coho salmon, about 200 dead trout (mostly cutthroat) and roughly 40 dead sculpin.
Other anadromous fish news:
- Humboldt Now (Cal Poly Humboldt): Restoration partnership at Baduwa’t [Mad River] doubles as a training ground for students
- KION (Salinas, Calif.): Fishermen on the wharf still hurting from lack of salmon season
