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CDFW Successfully Relocates 1.1 Million Hatchery Salmon Until Klamath River Drought Conditions Improve

July 13, 2021

Baby Chinook salmon swim underwater at the Iron Gate Fish Hatchery in Siskiyou County.

CDFW staff at the Iron Gate Fish Hatchery in Siskiyou County crowd salmon inside a concrete raceway in preparation of loading them into a truck for relocation offsite.

CDFW's Fall Creek satellite facility, its concrete raceways and cool water will host 170,000 Chinook salmon over the summer until the fish can be released into the Klamath River.

Due to drought and poor water conditions in the Klamath River, CDFW successfully relocated 1.1 million juvenile, fall-run Chinook salmon from its Iron Gate Fish Hatchery in Siskiyou County. The fish were trucked to a nearby satellite facility and to the Trinity River Hatchery 122 miles away where the fish will remain until conditions in the Klamath River improve.

Categories: Fisheries, Hatcheries, Salmon, Scientific Study