Fish populations Archives

August 26, 2025

From the Department of Water Resources: Since abundant running water first began flowing through the Sierra Nevada foothills to form...

UC SANTA CRUZ: Here’s how we help an iconic California fish survive the gauntlet of today’s highly modified waterways

UC Santa Cruz

Fish and wildlife

July 15, 2025

New ‘facilitated migration’ framework gives water managers a playbook for getting more juvenile Chinook salmon from the Central Valley to...

CDFW: Scientific surveys show continued decline in white sturgeon population

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Fish and wildlife

July 10, 2025

From the Department of Fish and Wildlife: Recent results from white sturgeon monitoring surveys by the California Department of Fish...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Feds must decide on protections for Chinook salmon

Courthouse News Service

Fish and wildlife

June 30, 2025

Under the terms of a settlement agreement, there could soon be new federal protections for the Chinook, the largest of...

San Joaquin River Restoration Program set a new record for returning adult spring-run Chinook salmon

San Joaquin River Restoration Program

Fish and wildlife

June 7, 2025

From the San Joaquin River Restoration Program: The San Joaquin River Restoration Program set a new record this year for...

USGS: Scientists continue their study of the Santa Ana sucker

USGS

Fish and wildlife Science

April 2, 2025

In the ongoing research of the Santa Ana Sucker (Pantosteus santaanae) USGS scientists try out different sampling methods. By the...

SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY & WATERSHED SCIENCE: The State of Bay-Delta Science 2025, part 1

Guest Contributor

Delta science

April 1, 2025

From the latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science: The State of Bay–Delta Science: An Introduction to...

NOAA FISHERIES: Endangered salmon move into newly restored habitat on the Mendocino Coast

NOAA Fisheries

Ecosystems

March 10, 2025

NOAA partners The Nature Conservancy and Trout Unlimited report that endangered Central California Coast coho salmon are using NOAA-funded restoration...

NOAA FISHERIES: Endangered California coho salmon experience record-breaking spawning season on Mendocino Coast

NOAA Fisheries

Ecosystems

March 5, 2025

From NOAA Fisheries: Last winter, Central California Coast coho salmon returned to Mendocino Coast rivers in the highest numbers since...

US FWS: Healthy habitat for hitch: Partnerships with tribe, state, others, critical to efforts

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Fish and wildlife

September 19, 2024

By John Heil, US Fish and Wildlife Service Recovering populations of Clear Lake hitch isn’t just a goal for the...

NOAA FISHERIES: World’s biggest dam removal project to open 420 miles of salmon habitat this fall

NOAA Fisheries

Ecosystems

July 23, 2024

With the dams on the lower Klamath scheduled for complete removal by September, salmon will reenter 420 miles of habitat...

PRESS RELEASE: The missing piece: Protecting California’s struggling native fish

SJV water agencies

Fish and wildlife

July 18, 2024

New study reveals significant impact of predation on native fish populations Press release from the Banta-Carbona Irrigation District A groundbreaking...