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RE: Quality talk about @BabsBoard GarageSale Issue 10

in #norway6 years ago (edited)

Hi everyone, this is quite the interesting game. I guess the rules are straightforward enough, but i don't see a writing prompt so it's not totally clear what to write a comment about. Therefore, I assume that we can write about anything and I hope you'll like it. I apologize if the topic is too random.

Where I am in the north western part of the USA, we have a special kind of salmon, the kokanee. It's native to our freshwater lakes and is unique because it only stays in freshwater for all its life. But its population is severely declining, apparently 5 years ago we counted 18,000 of them returning to spawn, but this year only 20 (!) have returned to spawn. I think this is tragic, if the environment is healthy for the fish, it's healthy for us. If it's not, it's a big warning.

I'm not totally sure why the numbers of kokanee have declined but some have blamed rising lake temperatures as being very uncomfortable for them, stressing them out and making them easier prey - very easy prey, apparently. The region is also developing very quickly, maybe lake pollution also hurts them.

It looks like you guys are based in Norway, looks like the country would be very familiar with fishing and salmon? Does your country have success stories in say cleaning up rivers and seeing life return to it, or maybe they never needed cleaning? I like hearing about life...

I call your name @Ramta Reddington to judge my comment