tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22424144.post302774681334820635..comments2023-11-02T04:18:45.711-07:00Comments on blogfish: Squid that eat salmon?Mark Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121566220326246265noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22424144.post-42521693587988618192010-01-07T00:38:53.091-08:002010-01-07T00:38:53.091-08:00Do the Fraser salmon swim south to grow up? The sa...Do the Fraser salmon swim south to grow up? The salmon problems seems worse as you south. Also a sardine fishery, which mainly goes to feed tuna. Maybe taking away the squids main food source part of the problem. Since 1998 about 1,200,000 metric tons have been removed from WA, ORE and CAL watersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22424144.post-17976756306154826822009-09-15T16:18:43.767-07:002009-09-15T16:18:43.767-07:00It would be interesting to see what kind of a pred...It would be interesting to see what kind of a predation rate would be required for squid to be the sole cause of the lower than expected salmon returns in the Fraser River this year. <br /><br />It wouldn't take very long for a half million Humbolt squid to eat their way through 4 or 5 million adult salmon...Aaronnoreply@blogger.com