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Tanker Crash Accidentally Releases 70,000 Salmon Into Wrong Oregon River
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:43 am
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:43 am
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When a tanker crashes on the highway, it usually spills its cargo all over the roadway causing backups for miles as traffic holds up during the cleanup. In Oregon, however, one tanker crash spilled its precious cargo into a river, which was actually the only place that could keep its load safe and sound. That’s because the truck was filled with young salmon, which were on their way to be released in a different nearby river.
A fish tanker filled with more than 100,000 young chinook salmon crashed in Oregon last week, reports local news outlet the Baker City Herald. In the crash, the 53-foot truck rolled onto the passenger side, skidded across the pavement and flipped onto its roof after hitting a rocky embankment.
After colliding with the side of the road, the tanker split open, leaking its contents onto a riverbank next to the road. This spilled an estimated 77,000 salmon smolts, the technical term for a fish that’s around two-years-old, into the Lookingglass Creek, which runs alongside the road.
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Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:45 am to rickgrimes
The only time I was ever jealous of a survival show was when Bear Grylls yanked a salmon out of a river in Alaska and smoked it over a campfire. That looked absolutely delicious
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:48 am to rickgrimes
crawfish prices are going up now.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:52 am to rickgrimes
So 23000 are still in the truck?
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:53 am to rickgrimes
always amazes me how far these fish have to swim to get to and from the ocean.
saw chinook spawning in the yankee fork of the salmon this summer, and chinook heading upstream the secesh river both deep in idaho.
the conservation laws/priorities are kind of confusing though. bull trout are super protected here, and if you so much as think of mishandling one there are fines. also a concerted effort to restore salmon populations. but the bull trout get fat off of salmon eggs. I guess there is no good way to balance both populations.
saw chinook spawning in the yankee fork of the salmon this summer, and chinook heading upstream the secesh river both deep in idaho.
the conservation laws/priorities are kind of confusing though. bull trout are super protected here, and if you so much as think of mishandling one there are fines. also a concerted effort to restore salmon populations. but the bull trout get fat off of salmon eggs. I guess there is no good way to balance both populations.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:54 am to rickgrimes
How did that truck flip on a winding road where it probably was only going 45 or so at most?
Was driver on meth?
Was driver on meth?
This post was edited on 4/3/24 at 11:54 am
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:55 am to Auburn80
Looks like they are on side the road dead
Posted on 4/3/24 at 12:05 pm to rickgrimes
Heckin love salmon and consider it a superfood.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 12:06 pm to PotatoChip
Lookingglass creek is NE Oregon that wants to secede and join Idaho. Great people out there who will enjoy this bounty.
This post was edited on 4/3/24 at 12:08 pm
Posted on 4/3/24 at 12:36 pm to Cosmo
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How did that truck flip on a winding road where it probably was only going 45 or so at most?
Was driver on meth?
Someone picked a big bouquet of oopsie daisies
Posted on 4/3/24 at 2:46 pm to rickgrimes
Nvm I didn't read it...you should post this in OP
ETA:
This reminds me of "Escalator broken, temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience."
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The 77,000 fish that made it into Lookingglass Creek will likely return there and produce approximately 350-700 additional adults...
...the fish instead found a home in the Lookingglass Creek, where expects predict they will return to breed each year, improving fish population in that river instead.
ETA:
This reminds me of "Escalator broken, temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience."
This post was edited on 4/3/24 at 2:49 pm
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