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The salmon ladder at Nimbus Hatchery in Rancho Cordova will open Friday, Nov. 2, signaling the start of the spawning season on the American River.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife hatchery workers will open the gates in the ladder at 10:30 a.m. and will take more than a half-million eggs during the first week alone in an effort to ensure the successful spawning of the returning fall-run chinook salmon.
The three major state-run hatcheries in the Central Valley – Nimbus Hatchery in Sacramento County, and hatcheries on the Feather River in Butte County and the Mokelumne River in San Joaquin County – will take approximately 24 million eggs over the next two months to produce Chinook Salmon for release next spring.
Each hatchery has a viewing area where visitors can watch the spawning process. The Nimbus Hatchery Visitor Center includes a playground with replicas of giant salmon. Nimbus Hatchery is open to the public free of charge from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekends.
For more information about spawning schedules and educational opportunities at each hatchery, please visit www.wildlife.ca.gov/fishing/hatcheries .
There are eight state-run salmon and steelhead hatcheries, all of which will participate in the salmon spawning effort. These spawning efforts were put in place over the past half century to offset fish losses caused by dams that block salmon from historic spawning habitat.
Once the young salmon reach 2 to 4 inches in length, one-quarter of the stock will be marked and implanted with a coded wire tag prior to release. CDFW biologists use the information from the tags to chart their survival, catch and return rates.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife hatchery workers will open the gates in the ladder at 10:30 a.m. and will take more than a half-million eggs during the first week alone in an effort to ensure the successful spawning of the returning fall-run chinook salmon.
The three major state-run hatcheries in the Central Valley – Nimbus Hatchery in Sacramento County, and hatcheries on the Feather River in Butte County and the Mokelumne River in San Joaquin County – will take approximately 24 million eggs over the next two months to produce Chinook Salmon for release next spring.
Each hatchery has a viewing area where visitors can watch the spawning process. The Nimbus Hatchery Visitor Center includes a playground with replicas of giant salmon. Nimbus Hatchery is open to the public free of charge from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekends.
For more information about spawning schedules and educational opportunities at each hatchery, please visit www.wildlife.ca.gov/fishing/hatcheries .
There are eight state-run salmon and steelhead hatcheries, all of which will participate in the salmon spawning effort. These spawning efforts were put in place over the past half century to offset fish losses caused by dams that block salmon from historic spawning habitat.
Once the young salmon reach 2 to 4 inches in length, one-quarter of the stock will be marked and implanted with a coded wire tag prior to release. CDFW biologists use the information from the tags to chart their survival, catch and return rates.
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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife's Iron Gate Hatchery has determined that the hatchery will have taken in more than 8,000 fall chinook salmon by the end of this week.
According to California 2018-19 supplemental sport fishing regulations, the take of 8,000 fall chinook salmon at the hatchery triggers the reopening of the recreational chinook salmon fishery between Interstate 5, near Hornbrook, and 3,500 feet below the hatchery.
Recreational anglers will be able to harvest two Chinook Salmon, but no more than one adult greater than 22 inches, per day in this reach.
The possession limit is six chinook salmon with no more than three adults. Reopening this stretch of the Klamath River is designed to allow anglers to catch surplus hatchery chinook salmon now that the number of adult needed for spawning has been achieved at the hatchery.
The lower Trinity River downstream of Hawkins Bar is the other section within the Klamath basin that remains open to the take of adult chinook salmon. All other quota areas are closed to the take of adult chinook salmon.
The take of jack chinook salmon, equal to or less than 22 inches, may be taken in all areas of the Klamath basin, with the exception of the mouth of the Klamath River, which is closed for the remainder of the year. The daily bag limit for jack chinook salmon in these areas is two fish per day and no more than six in possession.
Anglers may monitor the quota status of open and closed sections of the Klamath and Trinity rivers by calling the information hotline at 800-564-6479.
For more information regarding Klamath River fishing regulations, please consult the 2018-2019 California Freshwater and Supplemental sport fishing regulations at www.wildlife.ca.gov/regulations.
According to California 2018-19 supplemental sport fishing regulations, the take of 8,000 fall chinook salmon at the hatchery triggers the reopening of the recreational chinook salmon fishery between Interstate 5, near Hornbrook, and 3,500 feet below the hatchery.
Recreational anglers will be able to harvest two Chinook Salmon, but no more than one adult greater than 22 inches, per day in this reach.
The possession limit is six chinook salmon with no more than three adults. Reopening this stretch of the Klamath River is designed to allow anglers to catch surplus hatchery chinook salmon now that the number of adult needed for spawning has been achieved at the hatchery.
The lower Trinity River downstream of Hawkins Bar is the other section within the Klamath basin that remains open to the take of adult chinook salmon. All other quota areas are closed to the take of adult chinook salmon.
The take of jack chinook salmon, equal to or less than 22 inches, may be taken in all areas of the Klamath basin, with the exception of the mouth of the Klamath River, which is closed for the remainder of the year. The daily bag limit for jack chinook salmon in these areas is two fish per day and no more than six in possession.
Anglers may monitor the quota status of open and closed sections of the Klamath and Trinity rivers by calling the information hotline at 800-564-6479.
For more information regarding Klamath River fishing regulations, please consult the 2018-2019 California Freshwater and Supplemental sport fishing regulations at www.wildlife.ca.gov/regulations.
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- Written by: California Department of Fish and Wildlife
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