In November, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced that it does not intend to close any of the nation’s national fish hatcheries in the current fiscal year, but warned that closures may be necessary in FY 2015 given … Continued
Imaging sonar is being used to estimate the population of sockeye salmon in Ozette Lake, located in Washington State. Surveyors are using imaging sonar technology at the lake’s outlet and along its shoreline to quantify the number of adult sockeye … Continued
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) recently announced that the agency will provide funding for a variety of habitat restoration projects in Maine and Massachusetts. The projects will open up hundreds of miles of stream habitat to Atlantic salmon, … Continued
White Clay Creek in Delaware has received its fall stocking of trout, according to Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife. Fall stockings have occurred at White Clay Creek since 2007. DNREC Fisheries staff, along with volunteer help, stocked 2,000 brown … Continued
This fall and winter, Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Division will be harvesting fish eggs for hatchery fish production. Fall egg takes are starting or are under way for wild Chinook and coho salmon and for captive broodstocks of … Continued