NOAA Staffing Cuts Threaten Years of Salmon Harvests

In Washington State, April is when millions of young Chinook salmon are released from hatcheries, where they started as tiny, pink globes, to swim downstream and rebuild the salmon population. They are part of an ecosystem that affects tribal, commercial, and recreational fishing and are a main source of food for endangered killer whales.But this year, almost a dozen hatcheries in the Puget Sound region are in…