Marin Coho Salmon At Record Lows (Though Records Only Span 15 Years) - Independent

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The water is back, but the fish are not. Recent rains have reinvigorated creeks throughout Marin County after a bone-dry January. But federally endangered coho salmon are at their lowest total in the county since records were first kept 15 years ago.

"It's abysmal," said Greg Andrew, fisheries biologist with the Marin Municipal Water District. "These are the lowest totals we have seen."

Biologists have counted 43 coho salmon and 26 redds - clusters of eggs - in Lagunitas Creek, San Geronimo Creek and Devil's Gulch. On average there are 557 fish and 229 redds spotted by now. Only one redd was found in San Geronimo Creek.

It is the second straight year of low coho counts, and with the coho spawning season essentially over, this winter looks to be the worst on record.

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http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_11874248

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1. Funny you should post this

One day I was walking to school through the marsh and I looked down in the estuary and saw some BIG fish swimming back and forth.

First reported salmon run in Mill Valley in I don't know how long, and yes, it was about 16 years ago. :D