California Salmon Economics – The 2016 Season
Salmon are an iconic species in California, with an intrinsic value for both ecological and cultural reasons. Despite population declines over the last decade, salmon are also Read More…
Recreational fishing
Fish for Sport: Another Chapter of California Fish Introductions
In a recent Fish Report, we briefly summarized the introductions of various fish species to California’s waterways for the primary purpose of providing food. Following these initial Read More…
Fish in a Barrel: The Benefits of Terminal Fisheries
California’s hatcheries have released approximately 2 billion Central Valley fall-run Chinook salmon into the state’s waterways since the construction of the first modern fish hatchery in 1942. Read More…
The Decline of Recreational Fishing in California
With the change of seasons from summer to fall, the amount of time to spend fishing out on the lake or river presumably decreases, as days get Read More…
The Economics of Salmon
Determining what a salmon is worth is surprisingly ambiguous. Previously, we wrote a series of articles on the economic impact of California’s salmon fishery, which generated considerable Read More…
To Cull or Release? The Tournament Fishing Dilemma
Catch a fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and it very likely will not be a native species. Of the more than 55 fish species found in Read More…
Toothy predator
When we write about salmon predators on our blog, we’re usually focused on non-native introduced sportfish that live in freshwater. But there’s a whole different world of Read More…
Playing hooky
If a bad day of fishing beats a good day of work, then a career in fisheries is a pretty good gig. In some years, FISHBIO staff Read More…
An early morning adventure
It takes a real deep-seated desire for a fishing trip to awaken at 1 am after only a couple hours of sleep—and that's exactly what we have Read More…
Sport fishes and food safety
Few things are quite as satisfying as frying up a fish you've caught yourself. But could eating that keeper pulled from the river be dangerous to your Read More…