Hatcheries Archives

May 6, 2025

From the Department of Fish and Wildlife In a significant shift of California’s salmon strategy, the California Department of Fish...

CDFW to End Hatchery Operations at Mad River Fish Hatchery in Humboldt County

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Ecosystems

May 3, 2025

From the Department of Fish and Wildlife The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has made the difficult decision...

CDFW partners with DWR and fishing industry to diversify salmon hatchery release strategies

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Ecosystems

February 7, 2025

From the Department of Water Resources: In a collaborative effort to increase the sustainability of California’s salmon populations, the California...

CDFW Releases 1 Million Chinook Salmon into San Pablo Bay from Cal Maritime Campus

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Ecosystems

June 15, 2024

From the Department of Fish and Wildlife: As the sun set over the San Pablo Bay June 10, the California...

CDFW releases more than 2 million chinook salmon into Klamath River

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Ecosystems

May 25, 2024

From the Department of Fish and Wildlife: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) this week successfully completed the...

CDFW NEWS: 500,000 Juvenile Salmon released into Klamath River

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Ecosystems

April 19, 2024

Press release from the Department of Fish and Wildlife The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) this week successfully...

CDFW: Fall-Run Chinook Salmon Fry Succumb to Gas Bubble Disease in Klamath River

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Ecosystems

March 2, 2024

From the Department of Fish and Wildlife: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced today that fall-run Chinook...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Ramping up releases of hatchery Delta smelt to the wild

Robin Meadows

Delta science Ecosystems Notebook News and Features

January 29, 2024

By Robin Meadows It’s a lovely December morning in Rio Vista, a town of 10,000 in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta....

SFEWS: Keeping water in headwaters longer; Fishery impacts of hatchery-origin vs. natural-origin chinook salmon, Diets of fish in the Stanislaus River, and more …

Guest Contributor

Climate change Delta science Science

December 28, 2023

San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science (SFEWS) provides credible scientific information on California’s complex water issues, linking new science to...

HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: California’s Central Valley chinook are getting lost on their way home

High Country News

Ecosystems

November 1, 2023

The culprit is a tactic designed to save them – one that could decrease the species’ resilience in the long...

DWR NEWS: DWR Gets Hands-on with Thiamine Deficiency in Spring-run Salmon

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Delta science Ecosystems Science

July 7, 2023

From the Department of Water Resources: California’s Central Valley is home to four runs of Chinook salmon: spring, fall, late-fall,...

UC SANTA CRUZ: Shrinking age distribution of spawning salmon raises climate resilience concerns

UC Santa Cruz

Ecosystems Science

February 27, 2023

Study suggests changes in hatchery practices could help increase population stability for Sacramento River fall-run Chinook salmon, the backbone of...