Looking at the ocean abundance of Sacramento and Klamath River kings and the numbers that returned to the rivers in 2020, I’d say we’re pretty lucky to have any type of salmon season this fall. But we will and it looks to be comparable to last season. The Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) last Thursday released three preliminary alternatives for...
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Climate change is turning up the water temperature along migration paths used by anadromous fish species such as Chinook salmon. In a study published in the journal Global Change Biology, researchers predicted the effects of future stream temperatures on Chinook salmon populations (Fitzgerald et al. 2020). They did this by modeling temperature changes in stream networks used for migration and assessed the effects...
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The Pacific Fisheries Management Council (PFMC) salmon advisory team has come out with some preliminary numbers for Pacific Coast Fall Chinook salmon harvest availability. The cause; there are many causes but everyone wants to point the finger at someone else or some other problem. Science says that the reason there are declining returns of Chinook and Coho salmon is the...
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Heavy Fishing Season Restrictions Likely for 2021 Salmon Season Low salmon numbers linked to water use imbalance   San Francisco, CA  -- Officials with the Pacific Fisheries Management Council (PFMC) adopted 2021 Management Alternatives for Public Review,  that could allow some salmon fishing this year while protecting a low number of salmon.  Restrictions being considered include cutting both commercial and sport ocean salmon fishing drastically.  Commercial and sport...
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We’re not quite half way through March and we’ve already completed six trout plants for 2021. Conditions permitting, weekly plants will continue though mid-May. DFW plants are done for the spring so the rest of the schedule will be filled out with private plants and net pen releases. Matthew Chiono of Marysville (above, left) was all smiles with his beautiful 7...
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As we move toward the end of the winter steelhead season on the coast, river conditions are shaping up nicely for the weekend. All the rivers, except for the main Eel, should be some shade of green. The catching, on the other hand, may be a different story. It’s been a struggle all year as the steelhead seemed in short...
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