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    • December 16, 2022
    A Feather River Fish Hatchery employee checks trays of fertilized Chinook salmon eggs as they incubate within the hatchery.

    CDFW and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) have announced that the Feather River Fish Hatchery in Oroville will increase its production of fall-run Chinook salmon in 2023 to approximately 9.5 million fish to combat the impacts of drought and a thiamine deficiency affecting natural spawning and in-river production.

    Categories: Drought, Fisheries, Fishing, Hatcheries, Salmon
    • November 29, 2022
    commercial salmon vessel on water

    The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will hold a public hearing on proposed regulatory changes to expressly prohibit California-caught salmon deliveries out of state.

    Categories: Fisheries, Marine, Salmon
    • November 8, 2022
    A recently caught Chinook salmon on the river bank next to a fishing rod.

    CDFW has announced that recreational fishing for adult, fall-run Chinook salmon on the Klamath River has reopened between Interstate 5 near Hornbrook and 3,500-feet below the Iron Gate Fish Hatchery in Siskiyou County.

    Categories: Klamath Basin, Salmon
    • October 20, 2022
    The Trinity River curves around rocks and sandy banks.

    Based upon California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) projections of the recreational fall-run Chinook salmon catch on the Trinity River, anglers will meet the Upper Trinity River adult fall-run Chinook salmon quota for the 2022 season as of 11:59 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 21

    Categories: Fisheries, Fishing, Salmon
    • October 12, 2022
    chinook salmon after being caught

    The California Salmon Council (CSC) has announced the availability of funding for California-licensed seafood processors, dealers and processing facilities to help defray the costs associated with responding to the impacts of COVID-19 on their businesses.

    Categories: Fisheries, Fishing, Salmon