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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2018 Scent research could help salmon find their way home Effort to stop interbreeding By JES BURNS Oregon Public Broadcasting Apparently, salmon don’t like the smell of watercress. The aroma of shrimp doesn’t pique their interest either. And the fragrance, eu de steelhead? A definite no-go. “The fish did not like it at all. We tried. They did not like it,” said Oregon State Univer- sity researcher Maryam Kam- ran. “They’re very picky.” It turns out, this could be helpful information to know when you’re trying to figure out how to keep salmon raised in hatcheries from interbreed- ing with wild fish — a phe- nomenon called “straying.” It’s a problem that occurs at salmon hatcheries every- where in the West. But it’s par- ticularly concerning on south- ern Oregon’s Elk River, where efforts are underway to pre- serve the small population of wild native Chinook salmon. Things get a little hec- tic around 9 p.m., when a salmon hits the entanglement net stretched across a cold and windy stretch of the Elk River Jes Burns/Oregon Public Broadcasting The state Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Austin Huff inserts a radio tag into the stomach of an adult Chinook salmon. The agency is tracking where the fish are moving once they enter the Elk River. near Gold Beach. The floats on the choppy surface begin to shake and bob as the fish struggles to get free. “We’ve got a fish!” yelled Jenn Ambrose, a fisher- ies technician with the Ore- gon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Two of Ambrose’s col- leagues on a salmon-tagging team sprint into the water. “Even after doing this for five years, you still get that adrenaline,” Ambrose said from the gravel bank. Using a headlamp to see in the dark, they successfully free the salmon and bring it over to a live well on the riverside. It’s a female fall Chinook, still vivid silver from its time in the ocean. Like all Pacific salmon, it’s used a mix of magnetic and olfactory — or odor — information as a map to get back to this river where it was born and make the next FRIDAY SATURDAY 48 39 31 ALMANAC 51 40 Periods of rain Cloudy with rain possible First Full Dec 15 Salem 24/42 Newport 35/51 Coos Bay 37/55 Last Dec 22 Dec 29 The Daily Astorian Astoria City Councilor Cindy Price will hold a quarterly constituent meeting from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday at the Kala Gallery, 1017 Marine Drive. The “Last Salonical” is an opportunity to celebrate participation in local democracy, and exchange ideas and information about ongoing and planned city projects. There will be complimentary snacks and beverages. All are welcome to attend. Price’s four-year term expires at the end of the year. Sarasue B. Berger Walla Walla, Washington Dec. 21, 1940 — April 6, 2018 La Grande 15/32 Baker 10/33 Ontario 19/34 Burns 0/27 Roseburg 31/49 Klamath Falls 14/36 Lakeview 14/35 Ashland 27/48 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 REGIONAL CITIES Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 6:54 a.m. 7:47 p.m. Low 2.8 ft. -0.7 ft. City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 29 32 54 42 46 35 49 45 48 54 Today Lo 10 14 41 24 34 14 25 27 35 37 W s c s s s s s s s s Hi 33 38 53 42 48 36 48 43 51 55 Fri. Lo 16 25 46 35 42 23 31 33 43 46 W s s pc s s pc pc s s sh City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 41 33 44 46 44 46 30 44 43 36 Today Lo 21 18 29 31 24 31 18 25 26 18 W s c s s s s pc s s c Hi 42 33 43 49 42 48 30 46 43 34 Fri. Lo 32 23 36 38 33 42 22 36 35 21 W s pc s pc s s pc s s pc TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES Hi 51 42 30 33 25 36 65 19 82 35 32 51 61 46 74 48 63 40 45 40 39 33 59 44 44 John Day 16/35 Bend 14/38 Medford 25/48 Tonight's Sky: New moon (11:20 p.m.) Today Lo 36 31 16 19 11 24 45 15 71 18 18 44 50 37 64 34 54 32 27 31 19 24 46 29 34 Prineville 14/38 Lebanon 24/45 Brookings 41/54 UNDER THE SKY High 8.1 ft. 9.7 ft. Pendleton 18/33 The Dalles 24/36 Portland 29/43 Eugene 24/42 Sunset tonight ........................... 4:30 p.m. Sunrise Friday ............................. 7:44 a.m. Moonrise today ........................... 6:52 a.m. Moonset today ........................... 4:32 p.m. City Atlanta Boston Chicago Denver Des Moines Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Honolulu Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Memphis Miami Nashville New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Philadelphia St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC Mostly cloudy Tillamook 30/48 SUN AND MOON Time 1:25 a.m. 12:44 p.m. 52 41 Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 31/48 Precipitation Wednesday ....................................... 0.00" Month to date ................................... 0.32" Normal month to date ....................... 1.77" Year to date .................................... 53.71" Normal year to date ........................ 59.14" Dec 6 MONDAY REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Wednesday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 46°/31° Normal high/low ........................... 50°/37° Record high ............................ 59° in 1908 Record low ............................. 22° in 2013 New 52 43 Sunshine and patchy clouds; rain at night Mainly clear SUNDAY ery fish a significant threat to the native fish on the Elk River. “What’s changed is our pri- orities and outlook. We’re col- lectively paying more atten- tion to conservation of native runs of fish than we did,” said Shannon Richardson, with the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Coastal Chinook Research and Monitoring Program. In the state’s most recent management plan, Elk River Chinook salmon were con- sidered “nonviable,” in part because of the high number of strays from the hatchery. The state immediately cut the number of salmon the hatch- ery could release. And it gave the Elk River Hatchery a 2021 deadline to significantly cut the stray rate, or face further cuts. And less fish for fishermen to catch could be a hit for the coastal economy on the south- ern Oregon Coast, which relies heavily on fishing and tourism. Steps taken in the past few years on the river have already started bringing down the average stray rate to about 42 percent. But the state’s target is 30 percent. And that’s still a pretty big gap to cross. Price holds her final ‘salonical’ FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT The Elk River Hatchery was built back in the late 1960s to generate more salmon for fishermen — both commercial and recreational. The effect the hatchery would have on the native run of fish on the river wasn’t known or even a con- sideration at the time. And it turns out, there are miles of fantastic spawning grounds downstream of the hatchery — something the captive-reared fish immedi- ately figured out. The first year the hatchery fish came back, the best avail- able fish counts from the state showed they outnumbered the wild fish on the spawn- ing grounds 2 to 1. Five years later, that ratio was 4 to 1. The numbers fluctuate from year to year, sometimes widely, but the percent of hatchery salmon on spawning grounds used by wild salmon hit 80 percent as recently as 2002. “We know that (hatchery) fish, when they come back and reproduce, they produce fewer surviving offspring than wild-origin fish,” said David Noakes, of the Oregon Hatch- ery Research Center. The state considers the interbreeding wild and hatch- generation of Chinook in the Elk River. Team leader Austin Huff checks to see if its fin is clipped, indicating whether it was born wild or at the Elk River Hatchery about 12 miles upstream. “There’s no mark. It’s a wild fish,” he said. He then opens the mouth of the salmon and smoothly inserts a radio tracking tag into the fish’s stomach. “It’s a relatively noninva- sive, you know, better than sur- gery,” Huff said. “As they’re hitting the river system, their esophagus is actually closing up. They’re finished eating for their life in anticipation of their spawning. And because of that they will keep the tag within their stomach cavity and carry it all the way upriver.” The team is tracking the movements of wild and hatch- ery Chinook salmon to see where they travel and spawn within the Elk River. “The idea is to keep the wild fish wild and hatchery fish in the hatchery,” Huff said. But in this river, there’s a good chance this wild female Chinook will end up mating with a hatchery-raised fish. Too good of a chance. W pc s pc pc pc sf pc c s sn c sh r c s pc pc s c s r c s s s Hi 52 40 26 38 26 33 55 30 81 32 33 58 68 43 78 43 68 38 35 39 33 35 59 45 42 Fri. Lo 39 19 17 22 14 22 44 21 71 17 21 40 50 37 69 32 59 26 33 23 22 25 45 37 27 On April 6, 2018, our beloved mother and grandmother “Nattie” died peacefully at home. She was born in Colorado, and later set- tled with her family in Hillsboro, Oregon. She is a graduate of Hillsboro High School, and served as worthy adviser for Rainbow Girls, while her future husband, Gary, served as master counselor of DeMolay. They met on a blind date, and he knew the moment he set eyes on her she would be his wife. They were married for 53 years at the time of his death. She was a devoted homemaker and busi- ness partner with her husband, owning the Cannon Beach Bakery and Geri’s Seafood and Chicken. She loved gardening, square danc- ing, painting, rodeos and playing pinochle with her friends at the Walla Walla Senior Center. In memoriam, donations in her name may be sent to Walla Walla Community Hospice. She was preceded in death by her brother, Jerry Davis, of Hillsboro, Oregon, and her husband, Gary, in 2013. She is survived by her daughters, Trina Berger, of Walla Walla, Wash- ington, and Edie Paden, of Walla Walla, Wash- ington; grandson, Austin Paden, of Boise, Idaho; and granddaughter, Jordan Schilling, of Milton Freewater, Oregon. ON THE RECORD DUII • At 11:32 p.m. Wednesday, Sean Thomas Rogers, 41, of Astoria, was arrested by Warrenton police on U.S. Highway 101 and Harbor Drive and charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants. His blood alcohol content was 0.15 percent. Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W pc s s pc s c r c sh s pc pc s r pc c c s i s pc pc pc s s DEATH Dec. 5, 2018 ABSHER, Samuel Everett, 82, of Gearhart, died in Portland. Caldwell’s Funeral & Cremation Arrangement Center of Seaside is in charge of the arrangements. BIRTH Nov. 26, 2018 WATTERS, Andrea and Edward, of Cathlamet, Washington, a boy, Colton Ried Watters, born at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria. Grandparents are Gary and Terrie Howell of Cathlamet and Albert and Mary Watters of Hoquiam, Wash. LOTTERIES Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. CLATSOP POWER EQUIPMENT , INC. SALES SERVICE RENTALS • • OREGON Wednesday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 3-1-7-6 4 p.m.: 6-8-0-3 7 p.m.: 0-9-6-0 10 p.m.: 1-1-2-0 Wednesday’s Lucky Lines: 02- 05-12-13-FREE-19-23-26-30 Estimated jackpot: $28,000 Wednesday’s Megabucks: 02-12-19-24-29-32 Estimated jackpot: $4.8 million Wednesday’s Powerball: 09-11-36-37-38, Powerball: 11, Power Play: 5 Estimated jackpot: $200 million WASHINGTON Wednesday’s Daily Game: 4-2-0 OBITUARY POLICY The Daily Astorian publishes paid obituaries. 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