Monitoring Sacramento Pikeminnow in the Eel River: Summer 2016
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Salmon
2016 Klamath Fall Run Returns Hit Historic Low
North Coast anglers will be bracing for bad news as we begin to enter into the salmon harvest regulatory process for 2017. After multiple years of drought, the 2016 Klamath Fall Chinook adult returns hit historic lows, recording the lowest overall in-river run in 38 years of extensive record keeping and the third lowest natural
Opposition to California Drought Legislation
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Eel River 2015-2016 Chinook Salmon Run Dry Start but Wet Finish
The Eel River Recovery Project (ERRP) has successfully estimated the Eel River fall Chinook run since 2012, and each year is unique and has different challenges. The 2015-2016 citizen assisted monitoring project was the most difficult, however, because early rains failed and dives were not able to be scheduled, and then rainfall was so high
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Salmon and Cheeseburgers
By the time the newsletter is out – the 2016 Klamath Management Zone (KMZ) ocean salmon season will be about wrapped up. In spite of good ocean conditions this summer, there were fewer salmon around and I can attest that other than for a few weeks in May, there were essentially no salmon to be
Rockfish and Halibut Season Winter 2016
By Tom Marking GAP Sports Rep The North Coast will see a slight increase in Halibut this summer. At the IPHC meeting in Juneau last week, the Commission yielded to the pressure put on them by the advisory bodies and the Tribes and again gave us an increase over the Science recommended amount. It’s an
The Klamath River – Past and …Future? (Part 2)
By Larry De Ridder In our last issue we looked at some of the issues surrounding the proposed removal of four large dams on the Upper Klamath River, particularly at what an actual dam removal might look like. The government is continuing to hold meetings to gain input from various parties, such as the meeting
Klamath River Basin Fall Run Chinook Salmon Update
By Bob Smith (aka RBob) – HASA Salmon Representative While it’s still too soon to really know for sure how the 2016 ocean salmon season will shake out, we are beginning to get a clearer picture of last fall’s Klamath River Basin fall-run Chinook (KFRC) return and its potential impact on the upcoming season. Individual
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The Klamath River – Past and …Future?
By Larry De Ridder The Klamath River hosts the third largest salmon run on the west coast of the United States, behind only the Columbia and Sacramento systems. We, as salt water anglers, harvest many fish which originate in this system, as do anglers for hundreds of miles north and south of us. However, the
SALMON MANAGEMENT LINES and WHITING BOAT BY-CATCH PROPOSALS
New Salmon Management Line at Klamath: The PFMC had a few proposals brought to them in the November meeting that should be of interest to us in the Klamath Management Zone area (KMZ). The first request is from the Salmon Commercial Sector and the second is from the Pacific Whiting (hake) fleet to process fish
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