State and federal fisheries managers predict that Southeast Alaska fishermen will harvest about 29 million pink salmon in 2025, making for an “average” harvest based on catch data going back ...
“It’s the water — there’s no way around it,” Bates said. “The water conditions in the Sacramento River and the Delta no longer support juvenile salmon migrating downstream.” Sometimes, the outflow ...
Colder water temperatures and increased flows helped salmonid populations travel upstream and spawn; and while juvenile salmon haven’t begun migrating to the ocean yet, environmental scientists ...
Like nonnative smallmouth bass and native northern pikeminnow, walleye prey on juvenile salmon and steelhead as they flush downstream to the Pacific Ocean each spring and summer. Fisheries ...