UBC salmon tracking studies find mortality hotspots, migration bottlenecks

Scientists are using high-tech to identify and locate the gauntlet of threats facing wild salmon, particularly in the fresh water environment.
Fewer than 10 per cent of juvenile salmon even make it out of the river to live their adult lives, according to research from Scott Hinch’s lab at UBC.
Young researchers there are combining tiny sophisticated tracking devices, underwater telemetry and health diagnostics to find the hotspots where Pacific salmon are dying and to learn why.
Bull trout