In a Maven 1/17/19 post, US Fish and Wildlife Service hatchery managers discuss problems that have developed from trucking salmon smolts from the Coleman National Fish Hatchery (Coleman NFH) to San Francisco Bay. Chief among these problems is that juvenile … Continue reading
Dan Bacher’s report on 2018 salmon returns to the Mokelumne River Hatchery provides continuing good news for the Mokelumne River salmon run. When I last reported on the fall run of Mokelumne River salmon, I described strong runs from 2010-2016. … Continue reading
In the spring of 2014, 11,791 Feather River fall run Chinook smolts with tag code #060448 were trucked from the Feather River Hatchery and released to net pens in northern San Francisco Bay near Tiburon, California and the Golden Gate … Continue reading
California’s salmon hatchery programs badly need major projects and upgrades. The future of wild and hatchery salmon runs, as well as commercial and sport fisheries in California, depends on these programs. However, hatchery programs are operated and funded under antiquated … Continue reading
The Yuba River had a record low fall Chinook salmon run in 2017 (Figure 1). Why are our salmon populations plummeting in the Yuba River and many other rivers in the Central Valley watershed? It is because hatchery and wild … Continue reading