200,000 trout die at American River Hatchery

More than 200,000 rainbow trout suffocated in a matter of minutes Tuesday at the American River Hatchery near Rancho Cordova due to an unexpected release of gunk from Folsom Dam that clogged water intakes.

LINK (via:The Sacremento Bee)

A shame that high tech hatchery filtration system you see in the embedded video was not designed to deal with gunk coming into the hatchery.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article34416483.html#storylink=cp

The Heat is On

As a last ditch effort to save Oregon hatchery fish from increasingly warm waters, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has transferred more than 160,000 salmon to a different hatchery.

LINK (via: Oregon Live)

What a disappointment

Patagonia Fly Fishing Ambassador Dylan Tomine with a report from the recent Hatchery vs Wild Symposium put on by the American Fisheries Society.

I went down to Portland to check out the Hatchery vs Wild Salmonid Symposium put on by the American Fisheries Society. Given the title, and AFS’ history of fish conservation work (including endorsement of Snake River dam removal) I figured it would be a relatively balanced examination of the science around this issue. What a disappointment.

LINK

Headlines that make the Chum want to eat some Fukushima sushi

Idaho dedicates hatchery to wild sockeye revival

LINK (via: The Spokesman Review)

Working for Idaho's Extinct Coho Salmon

The Northwest’s declining salmon runs have spurred marathon legal battles and inspired billions in spending to save the iconic species.

But Idaho’s coho salmon were never listed as endangered before they went extinct in 1987. Very few people noticed when the fish were gone. But the Nez Perce Indian tribe noticed. And thanks to its extraordinary efforts, coho are once again returning by the thousands to Idaho waters.

Earthfix reporter Aaron Kunz explains.

LISTEN (via: Northwest Public Radio)

Circular tanks result in buff salmon and steelhead

Researchers experimenting with juvenile salmon and steelhead at a Washington fish hatchery say fish raised in circular tanks with a swift current are faster and tougher than fish raised in the commonly-used rectangular raceways. 

LINK (Via: Oregon Live)