Mount Shasta hatchery

CDFW Fish Hatcheries

2024 CDFW Hatcheries by the Numbers

36

million

Ocean bound salmon releases

6

million

Trout releases

2

million

Inland salmon (Chinook salmon and Kokanee) releases

7.9

billion

Dollars approx. generated by angling (significantly supported by hatcheries, asafishing.org)

21

hatcheries

Free and open to the public

475

waters

Planted annually from 2,882 stocking events

CDFW Fish Hatcheries - supporting fish conservation, angling opportunities and economy

Fisheries Branch
Branch Chief: Jay Rowan
1010 Riverside Parkway, West Sacramento, CA 95605
Fisheries@wildlife.ca.gov