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...successful fish restoration project has already prompted rehabilitation of British Columbia's salmon-sterile Quesnel River, where a 2,000,000 yield is expected in 1957. A $1,300,000 fishway-building program is under way to bring salmon back to the once-prolific waters of rivers in the state of Washington. Industry and government studies have also been started of Alaska's icy rivers, where this year's sockeye catch was skimpy for the second successive season. But thanks to the commission's fishways, 90% of the U.S. salmon pack this year will be sockeye...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FISHERIES: Return of the Salmon | 9/13/1954 | See Source »

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