Wednesday September 7, 2016
KCRA 3 News –
KCRA three’s Linda Mumma reports on the possible response. Scientists are building a device to count the number of trout and salmon on the lower Stanislaus River. Directed through that funnel and they passed through that box where we set up a scanner that collects and infrared silhouette of every fish or other object that comes through and records pictures.
Linda: this after a recent study that found the drought is having population. During the first few years about 20,000 fish was our estimate for the year. Until we got to last year. About 5000 fish.
Linda: the water districts say the water was too warm for the fish because of the reduced water storage increasing water temperature for salmon.