Sockeye salmon over Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River. Lower temperatures in 2008 North Pacific waters brought in fatter plankton, which, along with greater outflows of Columbia River water, fed the resurgent populations. Proposed legislative efforts, such as the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act, are attempting to protect the headwaters of the sockeye salmon by preventing industrial development in roadless areas. Record numbers of a once-waning population of sockeye salmon have been returning to the Northwest's Columbia Basin (as of June 2012), with thousands more crossing the river's dams in a single day than the total numbers seen in some previous years.
How Much Is the Fish? the 1986 mini-album "Quirk Out". The background music sample comes from the album version of the song Paradoxx from the German band 666. In May 2016, in response to increased popularity from a mention on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon", Scooter answered the question about "How much is the fish?" on their Facebook page, revealing that "the fish" was actually the one they bought for their studio aquarium, and it cost 3.80 (probably DEM). How Much Is the Fish? "How Much Is The Fish?" is a hard-dance song by German group Scooter. It was released in June 1998 as