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100,000 live salmon spilled off a truck. Most landed in a creek and lived. (www.nytimes.com)

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A tanker carrying young salmon crashed. But most of the fish flopped into a creek and “hit the water running,” a wildlife official said.

On a recent morning in March, while dew was still on the road, there occurred the salmon smolt mishap of Northeast Oregon.

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said on Tuesday that one of its tankers was in an accident on March 29, resulting in the escape of thousands of live salmon that were being moved as part of a federal and state program to replenish stocks depleted by dams.

The driver, who had minor injuries from the crash, had just left a local hatchery in Elgin, Ore., in the tanker, which weighed about 80,000 pounds when loaded with water and fish. It was about 10:30 a.m., early enough for there to be dew on the road. After navigating a sharp corner, the 53-foot tanker, which was carrying about 102,000 fish, rolled onto its passenger side, skidded, went down a rocky embankment and flipped onto its roof.

Tens of thousands of live fish were hurled out of the truck and swept into the Lookingglass Creek or onto its banks. The young salmon, or smolts, lucky enough to drop into the creek are expected to persevere in their migration from the Grande Ronde River to the ocean.

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[–] Biggles@lemmy.myserv.one 3 points 4 months ago

Those fish are going to have quite a story to tell their friends when they get home.