The BLOB is back!

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/06/758042120/is-the-blob-back-latest-marine-heat-wave-could-pose-new-risks-to-sea-life

I understand that the increased water temp is associated with less plankton, which in turn is associated with fewer feed sources for our beloved salmon, which is associated with decreased returns. That said, I'm new to Puget salmon fisheries -- how bad was the impact of the last heat wave on our salmon fisheries?

NPR as the source - can we just declare 'fake news' and make this reality go away (tongue in cheek)?

NPR wasn't alone - it was on half a dozen news feeds.  NPR was simply the one feed I had open at the time...

Horse's Mouth: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/new-marine-heatwave-emerges-west-coast-resembles-blob

My understanding - and it's not much of an understanding - is the warmer water of the 2014-2015 BLOB affected the food supply and thus the survival rate of out-going salmon smolts, and if so, that effect would take several years to show up.  I could very easily be wrong.

I'm sorry -- I'm always forgetting that sarcasm doesn't carry well over the internet. NPR is probably my most trusted news source. In my head I was poking fun at those who attempt to discredit reality by jamming their fingers in their ears and belching 'FAKE NEWS!!'.

I guess salmon have survived for hundreds of thousands of years. Hopefully they can survive the combined stress of rising sea temperatures and human interaction. I'm hoping that one of our resident marine biologists can speak to the potential effect of this new blob.... When we'll be seeing effects, and what those effects will be.

Not another blob! Blargh!   

I'm sorry -- I'm always forgetting that sarcasm doesn't carry well over the internet.

No, I understood that, but sadly, others might not be tongue-in-cheek about NPR...  Take that guy I fish with most often as an example.

(I'm kidding, Source!)