Wednesday December 4, 2024
CBS News —
The sight and smell of dozens, if not hundreds, of dead salmon rotting in the Pixley Slough behind John Muir Elementary School has caused concern for neighbors.
These Fall-run Chinook Salmon were not among the record-breaking 30,000+ that made it successfully to the Mokelumne River this season. The salmon are not legal to fish in area rivers for the second season in a row as the state looks to support the long-struggling populations.
“I think we need to try harder,” said Tommi, a neighbor who asked CBS13 only publish her first name.
Tommi knows these fish are at the end of their life cycle when they trek from the ocean back to their birthing grounds in fresh water to reproduce — but she isn’t OK with the salmon caught instead in a death trap not far from her own backyard.