The Pacific Fishery Management Council (PMFC) is weighing a decision at one of their conferences to determine the fate of California's salmon fishing season. While they're still in the early stages of ...

July 16 has been, for many years, the day that Chinook salmon fishing opens to recreational anglers on the Sacramento, American, Feather and Mokelumne rivers. One of the most popular salmon fishing ...

In a significant shift of California’s salmon strategy, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has begun releasing juvenile fall-run Chinook salmon from CDFW-operated hatcheries into ...

Authorities seized over 150 pounds of packaged salmon roe from poachers amidst the river’s closure. Sturgeon released, packaged salmon roe seized from illegal fishing operation along Sacramento River ...

California officials are debating whether to cancel the salmon fishing season for the third year in a row amid a concerningly low Chinook salmon population in the Sacramento Valley. In 2023 and 2024, ...

SACRAMENTO – The California Fish and Game Commission voted this week to close salmon fishing in Central Valley rivers and in the Klamath River Basin, making it the second straight year. The California ...

Limited Chinook salmon fishing on sections of the Mokelumne, Feather and American rivers is being reopened for the first time in two years, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced ...

Millions of Chinook salmon were released into the Sacramento River to bolster dwindling populations. Recreational salmon fishing will be allowed for two days in June with a limit of 7,000 fish. The ...

Drought and water contracts diverted river flows, killing 75% of 2021 salmon eggs Overestimated ocean counts led to 2022 harvests that removed 75% of stocks Infrastructure failures and pollution in ...

SACRAMENTO (KCRA) — Salmon fishing officially closed on the American and Sacramento rivers in 2023 due to low abundance estimates, but officials on Tuesday said that hasn’t stopped some from illegally ...