With Still Developing El Nino, Contrasting Pattern In North Pacific, NOAA Says Signals Mixed For NW Juvenile Salmon Growth, Survival This Year

The ocean indicators that NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center researchers track off Newport, on the Central Oregon Coast, are decidedly mixed for juvenile salmon the coming year. El Niño is still developing at the equator and there are both positive and negative indicators in local waters for emerging salmon.