Warm ocean waters off the Pacific Northwest coast from 2014 to 2016 dramatically altered ocean ecosystems. Though temperatures are returning to normal, impacts from the “Blob” are expects to lower salmon runs for several years.
Warm ocean waters off the Pacific Northwest coast from 2014 to 2016 dramatically altered ocean ecosystems. Though temperatures are returning to normal, impacts from the “Blob” are expects to lower salmon runs for several years.
ROHNERT PARK, Calif. — Ocean conditions off most of the U.S. West Coast are returning roughly to average, after an extreme marine heat wave from about 2014 to 2016 disrupted the California Current ecosystem and shifted many species beyond their traditional range, according to a new report from NOAA Fisheries’ two marine laboratories on the West Coast. Some warm waters remain off the Pacific Northwest, however.
The Southwest Fisheries Science Center and Northwest Fisheries Science presented their annual “California Current Ecosystem Status Report” to the Pacific Fishery Management Council at the Council’s meeting in Rohnert Park, Calif., on Friday, March 9. The California Current encompasses the entire West Coast marine ecosystem, and the report informs the council about conditions and trends in the ecosystem that may affect marine species and fishing in the coming year, according to a press release from NOAA Fisheries.
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