Fish Health data - Snake River sockeye salmon captive propagation

In the early 1990s, Redfish Lake sockeye salmon from the Sawtooth Basin in Idaho were on the brink of extinction, and they were listed as endangered under the US Endangered Species Act in 1991. To prevent extinction, a gene rescue captive broodstock program was established for the stock that consisted of taking most of the remaining gene pool into captive culture at specialized conservation hat...

在20世纪90年代初，爱达荷州萨托什盆地的雷德菲什湖红大马哈鱼濒临灭绝边缘，并于1991年被列入美国《濒危物种法》的濒危物种名录。为防止其灭绝，针对该种群设立了一项基因救援的圈养繁殖计划，该计划主要涉及将大部分剩余基因库引入专门的保护区进行圈养培育。