Why California’s Most Productive Salmon Hatchery is Millions of Fish Short
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Sacramento Bee] By Ryan Sabalow - December 27, 2017
California’s most productive salmon hatchery has 6 million fewer fish this year, another sign the state’s drought woes linger despite last winter’s record rainfall.
The federal Coleman National Fish Hatchery tries to produce about 12 million fall-run Chinook salmon for release each spring into Battle Creek, a Sacramento River tributary south of Redding. This spring, the Coleman hatchery will only have half as many young salmon to release ...
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