Warming West Coast Waters are losing productivity - report

http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/13494/20150317/warming-west-coast-waters-losing-productivity-noaa.htm

An excerpt from the article:

Salmon in particular face these hardships from three fronts, where low snowpack from a warming Northwest and drought in California are shrinking rivers and streams, even as the Pacific's reduced ocean productivity means less food for juveniles.

And while the report's authors admit that the impact of these factors would not be felt just yet, they warn that a wild salmon sustainability "bubble" could pop in only a few more generations.

"We are in some ways entering a situation we haven't seen before," said Cisco Werner, Director of the Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla, Calif. "That makes it all the more important to look at how these conditions affect the entire ecosystem because different components and different species may be affected differently."


Dark days ahead...

Good article, thanks for posting it. Sad state of affairs ... 

Well, at least the rivers aren't stuffed full of non native predatory species or dammed. We aren't diverting millions of gallons to water asphalt and we don't dump tons of petroleum byproducts, chemicals and fertilizers into the rivers either, so we're doing our part.

Damn that pesky climate wanting to warm up and wreck the fishery!

God I love a good sarcasm with breakfast

Well, at least the rivers aren't stuffed full of non native predatory species or dammed. We aren't diverting millions of gallons to water asphalt and we don't dump tons of petroleum byproducts, chemicals and fertilizers into the rivers either, so we're doing our part.

Damn that pesky climate wanting to warm up and wreck the fishery!

why you gotta be such a downer, we dont need your stinking reality 

Well, at least the rivers aren't stuffed full of non native predatory species or dammed. We aren't diverting millions of gallons to water asphalt and we don't dump tons of petroleum byproducts, chemicals and fertilizers into the rivers either, so we're doing our part.

Damn that pesky climate wanting to warm up and wreck the fishery!

why you gotta be such a downer, we dont need your stinking reality 

Just keeping it Grim 

Well, at least the rivers aren't stuffed full of non native predatory species or dammed. We aren't diverting millions of gallons to water asphalt and we don't dump tons of petroleum byproducts, chemicals and fertilizers into the rivers either, so we're doing our part.

Damn that pesky climate wanting to warm up and wreck the fishery!

why you gotta be such a downer, we dont need your stinking reality 

Just keeping it Grim 

Unfortunately, some reality happens to be a little grim at the moment.