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    • May 16, 2023
    image of map depicting yuba river restoration

    A framework agreement between state, federal and local agencies will reopen miles of habitat to multiple native fish species and promote the return of imperiled spring-run Chinook salmon to their native habitat in the North Yuba River for the first time in more than 100 years.

    Categories: Fisheries, General, Habitat Restoration, Salmon, Species
    • May 1, 2023
    image of CDFW director, Winnemem Wintu chief, NOAA admin

    The CDFW, NOAA Fisheries and the Winnemem Wintu Tribe signed agreements to restore Chinook salmon to the mountains north of Redding, California, on May 1, 2023.

    Categories: 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
    • 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 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