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    • May 19, 2023
    Images/OCEO/News/ARChinookSalmon.jpg

    The California Fish and Game Commission acted unanimously to enact a full closure of California’s recreational salmon fishing season in the Klamath River Basin and Central Valley rivers through its annual process for adjusting seasons and bag limits on Tues., May 17, 2023.

    Categories: FGC, Fisheries, Fishing, Klamath Basin, Marine, Salmon
    • April 13, 2023
    Underwater photo of juvenile Chinook salmon in the Klamath Basin.

    The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) today announced nearly $36 million in projects to benefit salmon and their habitats, and to further support climate resiliency, wildlife corridors and wetlands restoration.

    Categories: Fire, Fisheries, Grants, Habitat Restoration, Klamath Basin, Salmon
    • March 10, 2023
    A freshly caught Chinook salmon is measured for length.

    Today, on recommendation from California and Oregon agency representatives and industry advisors, the National Marine Fisheries Service took inseason action to cancel ocean salmon fishery openers that were scheduled between Cape Falcon, Ore., and the U.S./Mexico border through May 15.

    Categories: Fisheries, Fishing, Klamath Basin, 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
    • September 30, 2022
    A freshly caught Chinook salmon on the  rocks alongside the rod and reel that caught it.

    Based upon California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) projections of the recreational fall-run Chinook salmon catch on the Klamath River, anglers will meet the Upper Klamath River adult fall-run Chinook salmon quota below Iron Gate Dam for the 2022 season as of 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 5.

    Categories: Fisheries, Fishing, Klamath Basin, Salmon