A Maritime biologist is launching a study to figure out whether a goopy algae is affecting juvenile Atlantic salmon. Josh Kurek at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick says the algae (called Didymo) is spreading through parts of eastern Canada. And it's in some of the same rivers as the wild salmon populations. (Kurek says the juvenile fish feed on invertebrates that live in the algae mats that can blanket riverbeds.)

Date: 2015-07-17
Placeline: SACKVILLE, New Brunswick.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 18 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << how often do blue moons occur in the same habitat that the juvenile salmon are are living in and so there may be a negative impact on the salmon population or I could be a positive impact in that it's providing more food for the fish we we really don't know >>

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