Sockeye skin abrasions

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USFWS

Date Shot/Created
09/26/2023
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Public Domain
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A mid-July 2021 survey of adult sockeye salmon at Priest Rapids Dam showed that most of the fish had multiple skin lesions ranging from light abrasions of the skin to large open sores exposing muscle.
Subject tags
Anadromous fish
Climate change
Climate effects