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State Water Contractors: The Multiple factors contributing to Delta decline

Posted by: Maven on March 16, 2010 at 5:33 am

From AgLeader’s twitter feed, this from the State Water Contractors:

“This document reviews the highlights of the testimony submitted to the State Water Resources Control Board by the public water agencies served by the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project. Page references to the source material are indicated in parentheses.

Predation
• Nine-out-of-ten juvenile salmon are being killed by predators before ever reaching the Delta. (main, 8)
• There is an estimated nearly one million striped bass in the Delta and the watershed and catch of large-mouth bass has quadrupled since the 1980s. Both are non-native fish that prey on young salmon; (main, 8-9)
• Research last year estimated that striped bass consumed 21 to 42 percent of endangered winter- and spring-run juvenile salmon, respectively. Other studies show the water projects took less than 3 percent. (main, 9) … “

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March 16, 2010 · Filed Under Delta Issues

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