Monday, March 14, 2016Sunday, March 13, 2016

Challenges of Forecasting Salmon Abundance Amid Drought and El Niño

Each February, the Pacific Fisheries Management Council (PFMC) breaks out a crystal ball of mathematical models to predict salmon abundance on the West Coast. The Salmon Technical Read More…

Monday, March 9, 2015

Chinook Salmon Abundance: 2014 Review and 2015 Preview

The Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) releases two key documents each February related to salmon abundance: a Review of Ocean Salmon Fisheries, which evaluates the status of Read More…

Monday, February 3, 2014

Fish numbers in San Francisco Bay Delta remain low

February 2 is World Wetlands Day, a chance to raise awareness about the importance and value of wetlands. Unfortunately, the results from the 2013 California Department of Read More…

Monday, December 23, 2013Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Chinook salmon escapement preview

Across the West Coast, fall-run Chinook salmon migration is wrapping up and abundance estimates are being calculated. Most salmon abundance counts are calculated using carcass surveys to Read More…

Friday, May 15, 2009Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Big fish have big appetites

This striped bass was captured during seasonal fish abundance monitoring in a Central Valley tributary, and it's not the first one we've captured in this condition over Read More…