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Pacific salmon seem to be getting smaller. Here’s what that might mean for the future

OPB News · Paul Marshall · last updated

The number of salmon returning to Bristol Bay Alaska from the Pacific Ocean last year was higher than it’s been in at least 20 years. But the fish themselves are smaller. And that seems to be true for other salmon across the region.

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