First Reintroduced Salmon Returning To California Rivers; NOAA Fisheries Says Critical Step Toward Recovery
July 16th, 2019
California salmon reintroduced to their historic habitat as juveniles are, for the first time, returning to their home rivers to spawn. NOAA Fisheries says their journey home demonstrates that fish reintroductions can successfully return salmon to the state’s restored rivers and streams in an important step toward their recovery.
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Corps Releases Dworshak Water To Cool Lower Granite Tailwater For Salmon; Low Sockeye Run Downgraded By One-Third
July 11th, 2019
River temperatures in the tailrace of Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River rose above 67 degrees this week and the air temperature is predicted to rise above 90 degrees this weekend. That prompted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to increase releases of water from Dworshak Dam to keep Lower Granite tailwater temperature under 68 degrees, partially as an aid to the few adult sockeye salmon expected to return to the Snake River and Sawtooth Basin this year.
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Compact: Columbia River Sockeye Run Downgraded 39 Percent From Preseason Forecast, Only 58,000 Fish; Nearly 7 Million Shad Crossing Bonneville Dam; Treaty Fishing Gets Another Two Days
June 28th, 2019
Tribes will again fish in waters upstream of Bonneville Dam with next week -- the second two-day commercial gillnet period for Treaty Tribes during this year’s summer chinook period. The two-state Columbia River Compact signed off Thursday, June 27, on the additional days as they also heard that the U.S. v Oregon Technical Advisory Committee, which met Monday, had downsized the anticipated run of sockeye salmon to 58,000 fish.
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Spring Season’s Last Sea Lion Predation Report: In May, Steller Numbers At Bonneville Dam Similar To Last Year, California Sea Lions Way Down
June 26th, 2019
The number of the larger steller sea lions searching for dinner in the Bonneville Dam tailrace was about the same for May this year as the numbers observed last year in May. However, the number of California sea lions has dropped this year.
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June 20th, 2019
Although the run of spring chinook into the Deschutes River is one of the lowest in years, as it has been throughout the Columbia River basin, the proportion of the Deschutes run that originated as reintroduced fish upstream of the Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric Project near Madras, Oregon is one of the best in years, according to Portland General Electric.
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June 12th, 2019
Treaty platform fishing and commercial treaty gillnetting will begin this month for summer chinook and sockeye salmon. Tribes had not had a commercial gillnet fishery during the spring chinook run.
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Changed Spill Pattern At Little Goose Dam Sees Positive Results For Adult Salmon Passage; Some Concern About Trade-Off For Juveniles Moving Downstream
June 9th, 2019
The number of adult spring chinook passing Little Goose Dam on the lower Snake River has picked up, largely due to a continuous 8-hour reduced spill regime requested last week by salmon managers of the interagency Technical Management Team.
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After 6-Year Ban, Barbed Hooks Return For Columbia River Salmon, Steelhead Fishing, Managers Say Catch/Release Mortality Rates Unchanged With Barbless; Dismal Returns Make Summer Chinook Season Unlikely
June 5th, 2019
As of last weekend, June 1, the requirement to use barbless hooks to fish for salmon, steelhead and trout in the Columbia River is no longer mandatory.
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Spring Chinook Return Forecast Downgraded By 25 Percent To Only 75,000 Fish; Steelhead, Jack Passage Also Low
May 23rd, 2019
The number of upriver spring chinook forecasted to return to the Columbia River in what was already set to be a poor year dropped by 25 percent this week.
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New Fish Scanning Technology Now On-Line At Bonneville Dam Fish Handling Facility
May 14th, 2019
New fish scanning technology developed by Whooshh Innovations is now being used at the Bonneville Dam adult fish handling facility.
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Corps Selects New Fish Count Contractor At Columbia/Snake Dams; Data Release Delays At Some Dams
March 26th, 2019
As a new contractor comes on board that will count adult fish at Columbia and Snake river dams over the next five years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says there will be a longer than normal transition period that will include delays in posting fish counts at six of the eight dams for as long as up to June.