11-25-2005, 08:54 PM
LANSING, MI—Lake Michigan fisheries management agencies recently agreed to implement a 25 percent stocking reduction of chinook salmon in Lake Michigan beginning in 2006. As part of the agreement, 3.2 million chinook fingerlings will be stocked next spring by Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin agencies, representing a reduction of more than 1 million fish from 2005.
In other salmon news, the number of endangered winter-run chinook salmon returning to spawn in the Sacramento River continues to increase and now exceeds 15,000 fish, according to the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG). The DFG says this number is based on surveys it conducted this past summer with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The DFG says this preliminary estimate is the highest since 1981, and continues the trend seen since the mid-1990s.
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In other salmon news, the number of endangered winter-run chinook salmon returning to spawn in the Sacramento River continues to increase and now exceeds 15,000 fish, according to the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG). The DFG says this number is based on surveys it conducted this past summer with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The DFG says this preliminary estimate is the highest since 1981, and continues the trend seen since the mid-1990s.
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