Atlantic Salmon Net Pen Collapse: Cooke Aquaculture Agrees To Pay Wild Fish Conservancy $2.75 Million In Settlement
December 4th, 2019
An aquaculture company in Puget Sound has agreed in a settlement with the Wild Fish Conservancy to pay a $2.75 million penalty for a collapse of one of its net pens near Cypress Island in 2016. More than 260,000 non-native Atlantic salmon escaped due to the collapse.
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Tough Year For Idaho Steelhead But IDFG Says Will Likely Meet Broodstock Goals; To Date Lower Granite Passage Far Below Normal
November 21st, 2019
Idaho Department of Fish and Game says it is “well on its way to meeting broodstock goals” for steelhead at Snake, Salmon and Clearwater River hatcheries.
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Study Looking At 65 Years Of Puget Sound Hatchery Practices Questions Trend Toward Releasing Larger Juvenile Fish
November 21st, 2019
A recent study examining salmon hatchery operations practices in the Salish Sea (Puget Sound) in Washington State for the past 65 years finds that current practices are releasing juvenile salmon at a larger size than in the past – a size preferred by predators – and with decreasing diversity. It calls for a consideration of modifying hatchery programs to allow for more diversity by reducing this size homogenization.
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Council Hears Review Of Report On Salmon Reintroduction Above Grand Coulee: ‘Grand Experiment, No Guarantees’
November 15th, 2019
Two of the scientists who reviewed the phase 1 report that assesses the feasibility of reintroducing salmon and steelhead upstream of Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee dams told the Northwest Power and Conservation Council Wednesday that a cost analysis should be incorporated early in the process and in a stepwise fashion if the effort is to move forward.
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$21 Million Walla Walla Hatchery Construction To Begin Next Month; Goal Is Spring Chinook Reintroduction, 500,000 Smolts
November 14th, 2019
A Northwest tribe will begin construction of new hatchery rearing facilities for spring chinook salmon as soon as December in a first step to reintroduce the fish to the South Fork Walla Walla and Touchet rivers, both in the Walla Walla River basin.
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NOAA Fisheries Launches Status Reviews of Columbia Basin Salmon, Steelhead Listed Under ESA, Seeks New Information
October 17th, 2019
NOAA Fisheries has announced 5-year reviews of 17 Pacific Salmon species and 11 steelhead populations listed under the Endangered Species Act.
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Science Panel Reviews Master Plan For Hood River Production Program, Proposes Boost In Spring Chinook Smolts
October 3rd, 2019
A Hood River Hatchery proposal to boost its production of yearling spring chinook smolts from 150,000 to 250,000 is the subject of a recent review by a panel of scientists. However, no changes were proposed to the winter steelhead program.
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Idaho Closes Clearwater River Steelhead Fishing Due To Low Hatchery Broodstock Returns, No Surplus; Opens Coho Fishing
September 26th, 2019
All steelhead fishing on the Clearwater River in Idaho will close Sunday because the number of returning adult hatchery fish is less than the number needed for broodstock
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WDFW Submits To Governor $26 Million Request For Supplemental Funds To Avoid Cuts, Address Emerging Needs
September 24th, 2019
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife last week submitted a $26 million supplemental funding request to Gov. Jay Inslee’s office.