Chum salmon Essays

  • Coho Salmon Research Paper

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    same place at the same time. There are five different species of salmon that are found in Alaska; they are: coho, sockeye, pink, Chinook and chum. These salmon populations all range beween the Arctic Ocean and south to the Monterey Bay in northern California. Coho salmon can be found in the coastal waters of Alaska, from southeast to Point Hope in the Chukchi Sea, as well as in the Yukon River to the Alaska-Canada border. Pink salmon are located in the Pacific and Arctic coastal waters from northern

  • An Essay About Fish Life

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    We all use the wonderful gifts of nature the ocean provides us, whether it be some flavorful sea salt or a sea sponge loofah. But easily the most valuable treasure of the ocean is the delicious seafood it provides us! Seafood includes crustaceans, octopi, as well as fish. Some of the fish commonly caught in the ocean include tuna, tilapia, and catfish, oh my! The list is endless. Unfortunately, so is the fishing of these critters. While fish have been a staple food item in the diet of humans since

  • Comparing Sonnys Blues And The Horse Dealer's Blues By James Baldwin

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    The lives of Sonny and Mabel are completely different, they were raised in completely different ways and in completely different places. “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin is about the life of a young man who is struggling with drug addiction; he has faced many challenges in his life. One of the many challenges he faces is what connects him to the main character of “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter”; both Mabel and Sonny experienced losing both their mother and their father while they were still fairly

  • San Joaquin River Restoration

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    water, and bring back the salmon to the San Joaquin. An example I have is from Monty Schmitt which claims that “When were done,we’ll have a river that can safely convey flows necessary to restore salmon and other native fish to the river. This quote is meaning that hopefully once the river is restored, the salmon will swim upstream again. This proves that fishermen around the area will have their businesses again and people will come more often to the river. Also, not only salmon will be swimming in the

  • Sockeye Salmon Business Analysis

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    considered as the harvest season as various salmon species, especially Sockeye and Chinook, would swim return to the tahltan territory to spawn. The Tahltan would set up along “the mid-Stikine, upper-Nass and upper Skeena basins with gill-nets ready for the harvest.” (Rescan. 2012) The fish caught during this season are smoke-dried and are used to feed their families throughout the season. (Rescan. 2012) Even with their dependence on salmon. The data on the Sockeye salmon stocks in the nearby rivers shows

  • Pitx1 Enhancer Lab Report

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    The Use of PCR and Gel Electrophoresis to Examine the Pitx1 Enhancer Region in the Stickleback Fish of Big Lake Hypothesis: Due to selective pressures in a freshwater environment, the stickleback fish in Big Lake will not have pelvic spines due to an insertion mutation in the Pitx1 enhancer region. Rationale: Since these stickleback fish are found in Big Lake, which is a freshwater lake that does not experience a marine environment, they will not have pelvic spines due to the specific selective

  • FSGSO Case Study

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    III. DIFFERENT TYPES OF GSO FSGSO Oliveira, Pacifico and Ludermir [15] are proposed Fish Swarm Group Search Optimizer (FSGSO) which is a hybrid Group Search Optimization based on the behaviors of fish swarms. The hybridization is based on the scrounging procedures in which were used the behaviors of Swarm, Follow, Prey and Leap from the Artificial Fish Swarm Algorithm [16]. In FSGSO, the producer maintains its search procedures, but the scroungers will execute the search procedures of fish. In traditional

  • The Salmon Industry Analysis

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    Performance and impact of the salmon industry The production growth and the export of farmed salmon comes from Norway, Chile, and Scotland, they account for about 80% of the total production of farmed salmon. As seen in Figure 1 (see below) the production of certain species has been increasing over time, while the production of others has been decreasing even stopping completely for some, king salmon. After the stock market crash in 2008, the production of fish in Chile dropped substantially, from

  • Backwashing In Fish

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    Most studies have traditionally sacrificed relatively large numbers of fish to examine their stomach contents. However, sacrificing fish for food habit studies may cause public relations issues. They may not be a convenient option if study fish which are threatened, endangered, economically valuable, or come from a low density population. Additionally, lethal methods may significantly alter the population structure of fish. Accordingly, a number of nonlethal methods were developed to obtain and analyse

  • Argumentative Essay: Why Deer Hunting Should Be Banned?

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    I chose the case of the exemption for whaling because it clearly shows how globalized opinion has the power to impact villagers that may not even be aware of the discussions that their activities generate worldwide. After reading this paper you will notice that I am against this whaling ban because I have already seen the devastating force that some hypocrite laws have and what they can do to small communities, usually constituted by poor people. Just to illustrate my point, a similar case happened

  • Smoked Salmon Case Study

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    environmental or social footprint. Smoked salmon is no exception, but the specific footprints may be different depending on which company the salmon is purchased from. The two companies in question for this example are Spence & Co. Tradition Scottish-Style and Echo Falls Pacific wild. Both of these companies have their own unique ways of getting the smoked salmon from farm to fork. Spence & Co. and Echo Falls both follow the basic stages of producing smoke salmon. These steps are: farming, transportation

  • Farmed Salmon Industry Analysis

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    When it comes to farmed salmon the federal and provincial levels of government in Canada, surprisingly, play two very separate roles. The federal government mandates jurisdiction of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, thus trying to protect and ensure the safety and sustainability of the wild salmon populations. However, being a federal level of regulation, the government also is looking to make the best political and economic move for Canada. The best economic move for the entire country is

  • Rainbow Trout Research Paper

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    Rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss Introduction: The rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is a species of salmonids native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. In 1989, the species name Oncorhynchus mykiss became the scientific name of the rainbow trout while the anadromous forms of the coastal rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus) or redband trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri) are commonly known as steelhead. Rainbow trout is a hardy fish, fast growing

  • Anglin Angling: The Art Of Fishing

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    Abstract Angling is a certain method of fishing that consists of a person using a hook and a line, which is normally connected to a rod. It is a safe and efficient way for fishermen to catch fish and release them with ease. With such an up and coming sport (fishing), it is important to avoid methods that cause overfishing and any harm to the fish that could result in an injury or death. There are a lot more good qualities that have to do with angling over all of the alternative methods. Most other

  • Negative Effects Of Aquaculture

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    Marine aquaculture is the farming of seafood species that are indigenous to the ocean. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), “U.S. marine aquaculture primarily produces oysters, clams, mussels, shrimp, and salmon as well as lesser amounts of cod, moi, yellowtail, barramundi, seabass, and seabream.” Although marine aquaculture can take place in the ocean, using cages on the seafloor or in suspended water columns, most of the aquaculture systems in the U.S.

  • Orange Goldfish Research Paper

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    For many it’s a first pet, a gift from family, something you won as a prize at a carnival, but for Canadian residents the familiar orange goldfish everyone knows and loves is becoming a serious problem. Some flush them in a hurry because they no longer want to take care of them, others commit them to a porcelain vortex because they believe their beloved fish has passed, and the Canadian Government is issuing a warning now to citizens of Canada to stop flushing their fish. Just a few goldfish with

  • Atlantic Salmon Research Paper

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    Endangered Native Atlantic Salmon: Salmon Presentation Project (Not a Final Draft) Salmo salar, most commonly known as Atlantic Salmon, was once native to almost every freshwater river connected to the Hudson River. Due to what people have treated salmon during their history, many species have been endangered and even extinct, this includes the Native Atlantic Salmon. When people first came to Maine, Atlantic Salmon was the main source of food to eat. The population was still very steady then

  • The Rise Of The Cod Fishing Industry In Newfoundland

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    Introduction: Atlantic Canada’s cod fishing industry was located in Newfoundland (Figure 1) and it dominated Newfoundland’s economy for many years till the 1990’s when it started to collapse.The cod fishing industry provided jobs and brought many global trade and marketing opportunities to the region. However, as industrialized multinational companies got involved in the cod fishing business it caused lots of harm to the ecological system, which led to the banning of cod fishing by the Government

  • The Pros And Cons Of Overfishing The Oceans

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    In the Washington Posts article “Just how badly are we overfishing the oceans?” the author suggests that the populations of fish are declining due to overfishing. While it might be true that people are overfishing, they aren't fishing to the point of extinction. There is also a need for stronger regulations to help regulate the amount of fish being fished. The fish populations aren't being drastically affected by fishing but some regulations can help control the population. Fishing has been a primary

  • Fish Anadromy In Fish

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    characteristic called which is called anadromy. Salmon falls in the third category of anadromous fish. This paper aims to examine the nature of anadromous salmonids which have the ability to exist in two different environments during their life time. Specifically, the paper will focus on the Atlantic salmon, also known as Salmo Salar. Atlantic salmon are fish,