Chinook
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CDFW Completes Release of 23 Million Fall-Run Chinook Salmon
raised at its four Central Valley anadromous fish hatcheries, the Feather River Fish Hatchery, the Nimbus Fish Hatchery, the Mokelumne River Fish Hatchery and the Merced River Hatchery.
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Chinook salmon fishing is closed statewide for 2023
Both in the ocean and in California’s anadromous rivers along the north coast, within the Klamath Basin and the Central Valley.
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1.6 million fall Chinook salmon
This is the first of multiple releases of fall Chinook salmon for release into the Sacramento River system.
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CDFW Using Winter Storms to Help Increase Survival of Chinook Salmon
Several releases have already happened, and others are planned over the next few weeks to utilize good in-river habitat conditions for these young salmon.
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Klamath River Upstream of I-5 Reopened for Chinook Salmon
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (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.
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Incubating Chinook salmon
Coleman National Fish Hatchery Drought and warm water have resulted in poor conditions
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Winter-Run Chinook Salmon Eggs to McCloud River
The Winnemem Wintu Tribe, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) on Monday celebrated the return of endangered winter-run Chinook salmon eggs to the McCloud River upstream of Shasta Reservoir for the first time since the construction of the Shasta Dam in the 1940s.
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October’s atmospheric river triggered a rush of breeding Chinook salmon
Autumnal rain has sent a surge of Chinook salmon swimming up Bay Area creek
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Spawning of fall-run Chinook salmon
CDFW’s Nimbus staff have been tasked with producing 4.5 million salmon smolts this year – which includes 500,000 additional fish
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Trinity River Adult Chinook Salmon Quota Met
Trinity River Adult Chinook Salmon Quota Met Based upon California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) projections of the recreational fall-run Chinook salmon catch on the Trinity River, anglers will soon meet the quotas for both the Upper Trinity River and Lower Trinity River.
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Opening of Chinook Salmon Season
Fishing regulations for the spring Chinook fishery in the Klamath River Basin remain in effect following the June meeting of the California Fish and Game Commission.
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Chinook in the River of No Return
While helicopters have replaced airplanes for the surveys, aerial methods have been the primary means to survey much of the wilderness due to its remote nature and difficult access.
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Researchers probe deaths of Central Valley chinook
Researchers probe deaths of Central Valley chinook, with possible ties to ocean changes
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Raising Inland Chinook Salmon Eggs Amid Glass Fire
In addition to destroying and threatening thousands of homes and businesses, the devastating Glass Fire in Napa and Sonoma counties jeopardized the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW) Inland Chinook Salmon Program
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Why are so few chinook reaching the upper river?
Adult chinook returns to the river since dam removal are the highest since the late 1980s, with more than 7,600 estimated in the 2019 count.
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Chinook Season Opener
Fishing for Chinook Salmon in the Upper Salmon River will be open three days per week;
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Closure in Oregon due to recent die-off of Chinook salmon
Excessive pre-spawn mortality of fall Chinook
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