What Lies Ahead for Water this Winter
Around this time of year, water managers and those of us working in fisheries in California and across the West start asking, “What is the water outlook Read More…
Forecast
Poor Predictions: The 2017 Salmon Season Forecast
We previously detailed the findings of the Pacific Fisheries Management Council (PFMC) in their review of the 2016 salmon fishery. The abundance of salmon notably declined in Read More…
An Underwhelming 2016 Salmon Season
Every year, the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) publishes a report on the previous year’s salmon fisheries along the West Coast. The report details escapement, or the Read More…
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…
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…
Salmon boom or…?
News of a good California salmon fishing season is spreading like wildfire, but we are cautiously optimistic. The Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) calculates the Sacramento River Read More…