ODFW votes to end N. Umpqua summer steelhead hatchery release
Somewhere Frank Moore is smiling. The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission has decided not to release hatchery summer steelhead smolts into the North Umpqua River …
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Disappearance of Hatchery Steelhead Solved !
Washington State hatchery managers have reported that nearly 250,000 young steelhead fish set for release into the Snake River later this year are missing …
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250K steelhead are missing from a Washington state hatchery. Washington state wildlife managers say nearly 250,000 young steelhead fish are missing from a rearing pond …
Another Bacterial Outbreak Wreaks Havoc at the Hot Creek Trout Hatchery
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has detected a bacterial outbreak at its Hot Creek Trout Hatchery in Mono County – the second …
Inland Fisheries Ireland Issues Pacific Pink Salmon Alert
Russian hatchery pinks are showing up in Irish rivers. Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), the state agency responsible for the protection and conservation of freshwater fish …
Study: Hatcheries reduced genetic diversity of salmon in Swedish rivers
A team of researchers from Sweden, the U.K, and the U.S., has found that the release of hatchery-reared smolts in Sweden has led to a …
Millions of hatchery salmon will be trucked to the Pacific Ocean
California officials will move 146 individual truckloads of salmon raised at hatcheries to the Pacific Ocean because projected river conditions show that the waterways the …
Not So Pretty In Pink
A detailed analysis by Craig Medred of the increasing body of evidence that the massive influx of hatchery pink salmon is crowding out wild salmon …
Scientists worry B.C. hatchery fish threatening endangered wild chinook
Conservation groups and scientists are sounding the alarm on the long-term consequences of high-volume hatcheries. Because the genes of fish change rapidly to suit their …
Large-scale fish hatcheries hurting Chinook salmon populations
A new report is out on the health of B.C.’s southern Chinook salmon population, and the findings are grim. The report says four populations are …