CDFW adjusts salmon releases to support Sacramento River populations Department of Fish and Wildlife Fish and wildlife May 6, 2025From the Department of Fish and Wildlife In a significant shift of California’s salmon strategy, the California Department of Fish...
CAL MATTERS: Salmon fishing shutdown marks a grim milestone. Why California shouldn’t give up hope Cal Matters CommentaryFish and wildlife April 18, 2025By Chuck Bonham, director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign...
CAL MATTERS: Commercial salmon season is shut down — again. Will California’s iconic fish ever recover? Cal Matters Ecosystems April 15, 2025While it’s an unprecedented third year in a row for no commercially caught salmon, brief windows will be allowed for...
CAL MATTERS: A third straight year with no California salmon fishing? Early fish counts suggest it could happen Cal Matters Fish and wildlife October 30, 2024Low counts of spawning salmon could mean another year without fishing. Experts say the outlook still has time to turn...
CAL MATTERS: ‘Simply catastrophic’: California salmon season to be restricted or shut down — again Cal Matters Fish and wildlife March 11, 2024Chinook counts are less dire than last year, but fishery managers are still opting to heavily reduce or ban commercial...
FEATURE: The Magic of the Mokelumne: How such a small river produces so many salmon Robin Meadows Best of the NotebookFish and wildlifeNotebook News and FeaturesScience March 28, 2023Written by Robin Meadows for Maven’s Notebook The Mokelumne River is on the modest side, running 95 miles from the...
CAL MATTERS: No California salmon: Fishery to be shut down this year Cal Matters Fish and wildlife March 15, 2023The salmon industry, worth about half a billion dollars, is devastated. The culprits: Drought and decades of water diversions and...
