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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5233/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Warming Rivers in US West Killing Fish, Hurting Fishing Industry' data-article-id='5817'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='12292'>Salmon fishermen on the West Coast of the United States are expressing increasing concern about threats to the fish population. </span> <span data-start-time='12292' data-end-time='23000'>Heat waves and drought, a long period without rain, are raising water temperatures and lowering water levels. </span> <span data-start-time='23000' data-end-time='30646'>The extreme conditions are killing wild fish from Idaho to California.</span> <span data-start-time='30646' data-end-time='38500'>Hundreds of thousands of young salmon are dying in Northern California’s Klamath River. </span> <span data-start-time='38500' data-end-time='45479'>The low water levels fuel the spread of parasites that kill the fish.</span> <span data-start-time='45479' data-end-time='53500'>A collapse of one year’s group of young salmon can have lasting effects on the total population.</span> <span data-start-time='53500' data-end-time='58667'>It can also shorten or stop the fishing season.</span> <span data-start-time='58667' data-end-time='67979'>Climate change is making the American West hotter and drier. and endangering the salmon fishing industry. </span> <span data-start-time='67979' data-end-time='75188'>The industry is worth about $1.4 billion dollars in California alone.</span> <span data-start-time='75188' data-end-time='83125'>The falling numbers of wild salmon catches has caused a sharp rise in price for the fish.</span> <span data-start-time='83125' data-end-time='94500'>Fisherman Mike Hudson says people are not able to spend $35 for a pound, about 450 grams, of the fish. </span> <span data-start-time='94500' data-end-time='102604'>Hudson has been catching and selling salmon at farmers markets in Berkeley for 25 years.</span> <span data-start-time='102604' data-end-time='113583'>Hudson has considered retiring and selling his 12-meter boat because business, in his words, is “going to get worse from here.”</span> <span data-start-time='113583' data-end-time='123208'>Winter-run Chinook salmon are born in the Sacramento River and travel hundreds of miles to the Pacific Ocean. </span> <span data-start-time='123208' data-end-time='133625'>There, they normally spend three years before returning to their birthplace to mate and lay their eggs between April and August. </span> <span data-start-time='133625' data-end-time='145729'>Unlike the autumn-run Chinook that survives almost entirely from hatchery breeding programs, the winter-run is still largely wild.</span> <span data-start-time='145729' data-end-time='157917'>Federal fisheries officials predicted in May that more than 80 percent of baby salmon could die because of warmer water in the Sacramento River. </span> <span data-start-time='157917' data-end-time='167813'>Now, state officials say that number could be higher because of a quickly drying cool water in Lake Shasta. </span> <span data-start-time='167813' data-end-time='171792'>The lake is California’s largest reservoir. </span> <span data-start-time='171792' data-end-time='180833'>It is filled to only about 35 percent capacity, federal water managers said this week.</span> <span data-start-time='180833' data-end-time='186542'>“The pain we’re going to feel is a few years from now,” said John McManus. </span> <span data-start-time='186542' data-end-time='200417'>The executive director of the Golden State Salmon Association, which represents the fishing industry, said that soon there will be no wild, naturally bred salmon in the ocean.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5233/A.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=17887 data-hint-location='12292' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5233/what_is_a_drought.wav'>What is a drought?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5233/an_animal_used_for_pulling_heavy_loads.wav'><span>an animal used for pulling heavy loads</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5233/the_hard_ball_used_in_the_game_of_baseball.wav'><span>the hard ball used in the game of baseball</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5233/a_prolonged_period_of_abnormally_low_rainfall_leading_to_a_shortage_of_water.wav'><span>a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5233/a_selfsupporting_wooden_frame_for_holding_an_artists_work_while_it_is_being_painted_or_drawn.wav'><span>a self-supporting wooden frame for holding an artist's work while it is being painted or drawn.</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=17888 data-hint-location='113583' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5233/where_do_chinook_salmon_born_in_the_sacramento_river_travel_hundreds_of_miles_to.wav'>Where do Chinook salmon born in the Sacramento River travel hundreds of miles to?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='The Pacific Ocean'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5233/the_pacific_ocean.wav'><span>The Pacific Ocean</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5233/the_atlantic_ocean.wav'><span>The Atlantic Ocean</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5233/the_great_salt_lake.wav'><span>The Great Salt Lake</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5233/lake_michigan.wav'><span>Lake Michigan</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=17889 data-hint-location='145729' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5233/federal_fisheries_officials_predicted_in_may_that_more_than_80_percent_of_baby_salmon_could_die_because_of__blank__water_in_the_sacramento_river_.wav'>Federal fisheries officials predicted in May that more than 80 percent of baby salmon could die because of <span class='blank'>warmer</span> water in the 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