A short answer is that you're right. What we have seen in the research we have done in the last 10 years is exactly what you said: It's the coastal ocean survival that is probably more or less now regulating the abundance of salmon coming back.
Research Scientist (Retired), As an Individual
A short answer is that you're right. What we have seen in the research we have done in the last 10 years is exactly what you said: It's the coastal ocean survival that is probably more or less now regulating the abundance of salmon coming back.
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