Hood Canal Summer Chum Salmon
From Salish Sea Wiki
- Salish Sea References
- Wiki Rules
- Wiki text does not reflect the policy or opinion of any agency or organization
- Please adhere to our Social Contract and Style Guide
- Complain here, and be nice.
- Hood Canal summer chum salmon are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
- Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife web page]
- Hood Canal Coordinating Council web Page
- NOAA web page
- Six current summer chum stocks have been identified in Hood Canal: Quilcene, Dosewallips, Duckabush, Hamma Hamma, Lilliwaup, and Union. Six additional stocks are identified as recent extinctions: Skokomish, Finch, Tahuya, Dewatto, Anderson, and Big Beef. In the Strait of Juan de Fuca, three currently existing stocks have been identified: Snow/Salmon, Jimmycomelately, and Dungeness. Chimacum is noted as a recent stock extinction.
Chronology[edit | edit source]
- 1980-1994 - Populations severely depressed
- 1999 - HCSR chum salmon listed under the ESA
- 2004-06 - Hatchery supplementation winds down as part of recovery planning.
- 2012-17 - Populations rebound with reduction of hatchery production and curtailment of harvest
- 2018-19 - Returns crash, attributed to "The Blob" and ocean conditions.
Notes[edit | edit source]
- File:Tuohy et al. 2018 chum non-natal habitat use.pdf - provides a summary and assessment of nearshore use differentiating between summer and fall chum.
- Summer chum show high use of embayment habitats, as much as in river deltas
- Prioritizing restoration sites in proximity to natal streams may not provide greater benefit for summer chum in Hood Canal, given rapid distribution and broad use of nearshore habitat.
