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Canadian river sees millions of salmon disappear
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A river on Canada’s Pacific Coast, once known for it’s most fertile spawning ground for sockeye, has seen millions of sockeye salmon disappear mysteriously. This summer, no less than 10.6 million bright-red sockeye salmon were expected to return to spawn on the Fraser River. The latest estimates however say fewer than 1 million have returned. Read the full article here
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