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February 12, 2013
Hatchery ‘recycles' salmon carcasses to enrich streams
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon marine program is being billed as “stream enrichment,” but it's a lot smellier than it sounds.
That's because the program really comes down to dumping hundreds of excess hatchery fish carcasses into tributaries. It's a conservation program billed as a way to make up for the loss of marine-derived nutrients that get flushed from West Coast streams.
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