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logo 11/25/2024 12:25:41 PM     
Satellites track the tiny silver fish hugely important to marine life 
By Rochelle Baker CA Source: Canada’s National Observer 3/20/2024

A new scientific endeavour has taken to the sky using high-tech drones and satellite images to understand better the annual spring herring spawn vital to salmon and wildlife on the West Coast.
 

Between February and March each year, frigid ocean waters transform to a milky tropical-looking turquoise green when male herring release milt to fertilize the countless eggs deposited by females on eelgrass, kelp and seaweed fringing coastal shores.

 
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