RIGGINS, Idaho — About 1.2 million newly hatched Chinook salmon died at the Rapid River Fish Hatchery near Riggins because of an oxygen pump malfunction. The inch-long salmon accounted for one-third ...
A water-pump malfunction at a state-run salmon hatchery in the US Pacific Northwest killed roughly 1.2 million newly hatched Chinook salmon this week. The incident occurred at the Rapid River Fish ...