This is the fourth year the Winnemem Wintu has co-led the reintroduction of endangered salmon into the river, and they...
Historically, millions of salmon returned to California’s rivers each year. Today, those numbers have plummeted to a fraction of their...
Scarce flows, hungry predators, warm water, and politics conspire against salmon in the Delta, but which is the dominant stressor? Reporter Alastair Bland interrogates the science. By Alastair Bland As California’s Chinook salmon fishing season sits on pause for the...
New ‘facilitated migration’ framework gives water managers a playbook for getting more juvenile Chinook salmon from the Central Valley to...
Synthesis is central to the Delta Science Program‘s mission, as outlined in the Delta Reform Act, which mandates providing unbiased...
From the Department of Fish and Wildlife: Recent results from white sturgeon monitoring surveys by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) suggest the white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) population has continued to decline. CDFW fisheries biologists now estimate there...
Under the terms of a settlement agreement, there could soon be new federal protections for the Chinook, the largest of...
Lack of key vitamin turns fatal for as many as half of salmon offspring. By NOAA Fisheries A vitamin deficiency...
San Joaquin River Restoration Program set a new record for returning adult spring-run Chinook salmon
From the San Joaquin River Restoration Program: The San Joaquin River Restoration Program set a new record this year for returning adult spring-run Chinook salmon: 448 – the highest number of captured returns recorded since the Program started reintroducing spring-run...
The Net Pen Project puts hatchery juvenile salmon in river water to decrease straying Approximately 540,000 Sacramento fall-run juvenile salmon...
From the Department of Fish and Wildlife In a significant shift of California’s salmon strategy, the California Department of Fish...
From the Department of Fish and Wildlife The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has made the difficult decision to cease hatchery operations at the Mad River Fish Hatchery in Humboldt County. A combination of increased regulatory burden and...
Tagged fish reveal juvenile salmon search for habitat in varied watersheds. By NOAA Fisheries The migrations that make up the...
Press release from the Office of the Governor: California is working with state, local, and federal agencies in a historic...
By Chuck Bonham, director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. This week, a public federal process determined there will be no commercial salmon fishing off California’s...