Crews from the North Dakota Game and Fish Department harvested roughly 1.3 million eggs during the agency’s annual salmon spawning operation on the Missouri River System. About two thirds of the eggs came from Lake Sakakawea and the remainder from … Continued
At a joint meeting In January, fishery managers from Oregon and Washington set spring Chinook salmon seasons for the Columbia River. Columbia River spring Chinook seasons are based on a forecast of 227,000 returning upriver spring Chinook. The spring Chinook … Continued
This fall and winter, Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Division will be harvesting fish eggs for hatchery fish production. Fall egg takes are starting or are under way for wild Chinook and coho salmon and for captive broodstocks of … Continued
The Idaho Fish and Game Commission recently approved a spring Chinook salmon fishing season to start Saturday, May 4, on parts of the Clearwater, Salmon and Snake rivers. Fish counts from Bonneville Dam suggest that the 2013 return of Chinook … Continued
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources plans to reduce Chinook salmon stocking in Lake Huron by more than half in 2012, compared to 2011 levels. The DNR plans to stock 693,000 spring Chinook fingerlings in 2012, down from almost 1.5 … Continued