10th July 2013 - 200,000+ fish have died due to "pump failure" in Washington, America. Link peninsuladailynews/article/20130711/news/307119990/some-200000-fish-reported-dead-at-lower-elwha-fish-hatchery PORT ANGELES — At least 200,000 young fish have been found dead at the Lower Elwha Klallam fish hatchery on Stratton Road after a water pump failure. Tribal officials said the failure was in a secondary pump that had to be used because of ongoing sediment problems at Olympic National Park’s Elwha Water Treatment Plant. Hatchery staff counted roughly 200,000 dead coho salmon, spawned last fall, and about 2,000 dead yearling steelhead trout at the hatchery over the weekend, Lower Elwha Klallam tribal officials said in a statement released Wednesday.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 17:44:44 +0000
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