There’s a new top fish of the Columbia River — and it doesn’t mind the warm water
Shad crowd Columbia River waters, complicating dam operations
By Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times
Published: July 27, 2024, 6:02am
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Dan Hess counts large numbers of shad — as well as salmon and other fish species — passing through the Bonneville Lock and Dam on June 12 on the Columbia River. (Photos by Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times)Photo Gallery
BONNEVILLE DAM, Columbia River — There is a new king of the Columbia.
Each spring, a chrome tide of fish native to the East Coast floods the Northwest’s mightiest river by the millions. Shad, not salmon, are thriving in the warm, still water created by hydroelectric dams throughout the Columbia River Basin.
