Snake River sockeye ... July 25, 2021 In this June 27, 2012, photo, a sockeye salmon ... Hatchery managers at the Idaho Department of Fish and Game said they believe changes they made to the smolt ...

Salmon species appear to have benefited, including sockeye. “It’s 100% ocean,” said Eric Johnson, a sockeye specialist with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. “Everything seems to be ...

The first Snake River sockeye salmon raised at the $14M Springfield Fish Hatchery returned to the Sawtooth Valley after living two years in the Pacific Ocean. Few Salmon smolts released that ...

Last year, only 45 wild sockeye and 11,000 wild spring/summer chinook returned to the Snake River. Smolt going down the river can’t overcome the obstacles of the dams. Each dam takes a chunk out ...

Since the 1920s, annual adult sockeye returns to Baker River averaged about 3,500. In the early 1980s, returns plummeted, falling to just 99 fish in 1985.

The iconic Pacific salmon species has started its return to Redfish Lake this season after a decade-low 17 sockeye salmon — which give the lake its name — made their way back to Idaho in 2019.

IDAHO, USA — The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is taking steps to protect sockeye salmon, an endangered species, from the extreme heat. More than a hundred fish are now at the Eagle Hatchery ...

Salmon are struggling to migrate in hot waters along their route. ... sockeye salmon have had a rough summer. These fish swim 900 miles from the Pacific Ocean, up fish ladders, over eight dams, ...