With trolling open again, DNA project back on track

摘要

With ocean troll salmon seasons south of Cape Falcon looking up this year, Oregon's scientific study of fish genetics is back in business. The cruel irony of recent years' salmon closures has been a lack of fish available for scientists studying how trailers might target healthy stocks while protecting weak runs. Renee Bellinger, a biologist with Oregon State University, is one of many working with the Collaborative Research on Oregon Ocean Salmon, or CROOS, project. She said the promise of May openers in central and southern Oregon is good news for the project, which employs trailers to collect tissue samples from salmon in the ocean.