A November 1, 2023 article, originally published in High Country News and later posted in Maven’s Notebook, describes the practice of trucking juvenile salmon from hatcheries for release in salt water as a “culprit,” stating: According to a growing body … Continue reading
A recent FISHBIO blog post1 reported on the CalNev American Fisheries Society annual meeting, where AFS members considered the subject of “off-site” release of hatchery salmon smolts. The general perception is that releases away from hatcheries and the natal river … Continue reading
(Editor’s Note: From time to time, the California Fisheries Blog gets requests for guest posts. We like to accommodate requests for posts that we feel, at our sole discretion, are substantive and thought-provoking. Though we discourage pseudonyms, we may, as … Continue reading
There are two common strategies for releasing juvenile salmon from state and federal salmon hatcheries in the Central Valley. One strategy is the release of hatchery salmon smolts at or near the hatchery where they are produced. The other strategy … Continue reading
Hatcheries in California are releasing tens of millions of salmon smolts in 2022, per normal operations. State hatcheries are trucking over ten million fall-run salmon to the Bay again this spring because of the drought. State and federal hatcheries are … Continue reading