October 23, 2024 Mr. Paul Souza Regional Director, Pacific Southwest Region U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2800 Cottage Way Sacramento, … Continue reading “Industry’s coalition letter concerning 2024 Fall-Run Chinook for Coleman Hatchery”
Dear Senator Maria Cantwell United States Senate 511 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 We represent the commercial salmon … Continue reading “Coalition requests expedition of Salmon Disaster Relief funds”
Call to Action for all Salmon anglers and guides to call in to comment at the next PFMC meeting on … Continue reading “Public Comment on Agenda E1-SALMON at next PFMC Meeting on Saturday, June 8”
CLICK HERE for full press release JUNE 04, 2024 Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Jimmy Panetta … Continue reading “Salmon relief funds from 2023 still not made available”
Pacific Fishery Management Council Sacramento River Fall Chinook Ad Hoc Workgroup, may 2024 Click here to read the full report. … Continue reading “Sacramento River Fall Chinook Workgroup Report: Alternative Approaches”
This year was extra deadly for smolts Ari Plachta/Sacramento Bee/ May 23, 2024 Wet years in California pose a challenge … Continue reading “Delta pumps likely killed over half a million fish in two decades”
April 19, 2024 Chuck Bonham, Director Department of Fish and Wildlife 715 P Street, Sacramento, CA RE: 2023 Salmon Disaster … Continue reading “2023 Salmon Disaster Assistance Spend Plan Letter to CDFW Director”
IN THE NEWS: Newsom Administration Requests Federal Fishery Disaster Declaration SACRAMENTO — Thursday, April 11 Today, Governor Gavin Newsom and … Continue reading “CDFW recommends CLOSURE at PFMC meetings; Fed Fishery Disaster Declaration from State”
CDFW Seeks Public Input on Spending Plan On April 6, 2023, the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) acted unanimously to … Continue reading “Federal Funding Allocated for California 2023 Salmon Fishing Disaster”
Public & Written comments CALL TO ACTION: Get your written comments into the PFMC Council before their next meeting on … Continue reading “Written Comments for SALMON Season Alternatives due to PFMC by April 2”
Governor Newsom Launches California’s Salmon Strategy for a Hotter, Drier Future Article Published: Jan 30, 2024 by the Governor’s Office … Continue reading “California’s Salmon Strategy for a Hotter, Drier Future – Will it work?”
To: Mr. Brad Pettinger, Chair of Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) From: Jennifer Quan, NOAA Regional Administrator Click Here to … Continue reading “Federal Guidance Letter for the March PFMC meetings. Management needed to protect salmon stocks”
Monday, March 11 was the last day of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) meetings in Fresno, CA where several … Continue reading “Alternatives set for SALMON Management from PFMC meetings”
We need your help to save our salmon inland fishery. Get online during the PFMC to sign up to make an … Continue reading “PFMC Meetings Update for March 8-10 | SALMON numbers low”
From Fishing the North / Kenny Priest Click Here to read full article Following a year of a complete salmon … Continue reading “Lean Times Continue for CA Salmon Anglers”
NCGASA’s rep James Stone will give us an update on Wed, Feb. 28 at 3pm via Facebook LIVE video, click … Continue reading “SALMON: Where are we? Numbers, Forecast, Season Setting, PFMC, CDFW and more meetings”
PFMC MARCH Council Meeting on tap: March 5-11, 2024 — SALMON will be discussed. How to join, Agenda, listen in … Continue reading “Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) to meet in March about SALMON”
CDFW invites the public to attend its annual Salmon Information Meeting via webinar on Friday, Mar. 1 at 10 a.m. … Continue reading “CDFW SALMON INFORMATION MEETING: MARCH 1 AT 10AM, ZOOM IN”
Coalition Letter: Coalition Group is calling on the Federal government to immediately and fully fund the State’s request for disaster … Continue reading “Coalition Group is calling on the Federal government to immediately and fully fund the State’s request for disaster assistance funding for the closure of the 2023 salmon season”
SBA Offers Disaster Assistance to Small Businesses Economically Impacted by the California Salmon Fishery Closure 2023 Salmon Fishery Closure Webinar … Continue reading “Salmon Fishery Closure: Disaster Assistance, SBA Loan Program”
Click Here to read the PDF document by Ronnie M. Pierce from Feb. 1998. PDF file location online: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=21976 Readers … Continue reading “Understanding the Klamath River Tribal Fishery and Allocation”
2023 Salmon Disaster Relief Form This form will be sent to a pro bono lawyer who will represent all groups … Continue reading “2023 Salmon Disaster Relief Form”
THIS IS A CALL TO ACTION FOR OUR MEMBERS! Help us send letters to the Fish Managers and Directors who … Continue reading “Call to Action: Send 10-15 million salmon eggs to Coleman Hatchery immediately”
To: Melanie Gange / NOAA Restoration Center NOAA Fisheries (F/HC3), 1315 East West Highway, Rm. 14853 Silver Spring, MD 20910 … Continue reading “Letter of support from the Bridge Group for the Butte Creek Barrier Assessment grant proposal”
The salmon runs are: fall, late-fall, winter and spring. Coleman National Fish Hatchery raises three of the four runs; they … Continue reading “Four distinct runs of Chinook salmon in the Sacramento River”
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has completed the release of approximately 23 million fall-run Chinook salmon raised … Continue reading “CDFW Completes Release of 23 Million Fall-Run Chinook Salmon”
July 5, 2023 Mr. Paul Souza Regional Director, Pacific Southwest Region U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2800 Cottage Way Sacramento, … Continue reading “Salmon Fishing Groups and Sacramento River Settlement Contractors Bridge Group Hatchery Production Proposal”
SALMON AND HALIBUT ISSUES: Find the agenda’s to these meeting on the F&G Commish website. https://fgc.ca.gov/Meetings/2023 DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS … Continue reading “May 17 Fish &Game Commission Meeting | Salmon & Halibut Issues”
CDFW News | April 6 | 2023 Today, the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) acted unanimously to recommend a full … Continue reading “PFMC Recommends Closure Of 2023 Ocean Salmon Fisheries”
2020 photo courtesy of Northwest Sportsman Magazine PFMC Press Release, April 6, 2023 Foster City, California—The Pacific Fishery Management Council … Continue reading “PFMC adopts West Coast Ocean Salmon Seasons for 2023”
Agenda Item E.5.a Supplemental CFGC Report, CLICK HERE to download the letter as a PDF File. To: Mark Gorelnik, Chair … Continue reading “Inland Fish & Game Commission request salmon fishery management recommendations for Sac & Klamath Chinook”
Join Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) sub panelist and NCGASA Executive Director James Stone on NCGASA’s Facebook page for a … Continue reading “PFMC update on Facebook LIVE at 2pm | March 10”
Download this PDF file from PFMC sub panelist James Stone that he prepared for the PFMC meetings in Seattle (March … Continue reading “PFMC – Sacramento River Chinook Salmon Fall Run Escapement”
Posted on March 1, 2023 by Tom Cannon from California Fisheries Blog CLICK HERE for full working draft report. The harvest of Sacramento … Continue reading “Sacramento River Salmon Harvest Forecast: More Bad News”
Closure of the 2023 salmon season Press Release | Friday, March 3, 2023 | Sacramento, CA Today, leadership of the … Continue reading “Commercial Anglers, Ocean Passenger Fleet, and Inland River Guides Call For 2023 Salmon Season Closure and Disaster Assistance Funding”
ZOOM Meeting for NCGASA Members: march 5 @7pm If you would like to learn more about how the Salmon Seasons … Continue reading “PFMC Meetings, ANGLERS to give public input on SETTING THE SALMON SEASON”
CDFW Salmon Season Meeting: March 1 via Zoom MARCH 1: CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE 2023 SALMON INFORMATION MEETING … Continue reading “CDFW Info SALMON Meeting”
We need ALL anadromous salmon anglers on March 1 call! Most of the public comment will transpire at the end … Continue reading “CDFW To Host Virtual Public Meeting On Ocean Salmon Fisheries”
REPORT from the PFMC COUNCIL Habitat indicators of Klamath and Sacramento salmon stocks — stoplight tables for Sacramento River and … Continue reading “PFMC REPORT: Habitat indicators of Klamath and Sacramento salmon stocks”
HELP US SAVE OUR SALMON! WHEN: MONDAY, FEB. 27 starting at 6pm WHAT: NCGASA Exec President James Stone will give … Continue reading “Calling on all NCGASA members who care about the fate of our SALMON”
The Marine Resources Committee will meet on March 14 and 16, 2023. Members of the public are welcome to participate … Continue reading “Marine Resources Committee will meet on March 14 and 16”
Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) PDF file to read. Review of 2022 Ocean Salmon Fisheries: Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation … Continue reading “PFMC: Review of 2022 Ocean Salmon Fisheries; Stock Assessment”
California Advisory Committee on Salmon and Steelhead Meeting Wednesday, Feb. 15 starting at 10am. Call to action: ATTEND the California … Continue reading “California Advisory Committee on Salmon and Steelhead Meeting”
The latest Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) data on Klamath Salmon. NCGASA’s president James Stone attends these meetings and aims … Continue reading “Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Data Sheets on Klamath Salmon”
By Tom Cannon / on behalf of NCGASA.org / 2022 The NCGASA Board of Directors hired Tom Cannon in the … Continue reading “Sacramento River Fall Run Salmon Report”
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) today announced the selection of 25 projects that will receive funding for … Continue reading “CDFW Awards $11 Million For Fisheries Habitat Restoration Program Projects”
Photo Caption: From Western Outdoors News — Matt Fields of Ripon with a 26-pound Sacramento River king salmon with guide … Continue reading “Inland fisheries disaster – letter from the NCGASA Board”
A Tale of Two Hatchery Salmon Smolt Release Groups CLICK HERE to read full article. This story relates to two … Continue reading “Central Valley Hatchery Salmon Production Is Being Wasted”
CLICK HERE to read PDF file. This document contains the complete text of the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan … Continue reading “Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan”
NCGASA continues to support fish hatcheries such as the Coleman National Fish Hatchery and their efforts in growing and preserving … Continue reading “Salmon Festival at Coleman National Fish Hatchery”
Friday, Oct. 7, 2022 SUTTER, CA — There’s some good news for sportsmen and women who enjoy salmon fishing on … Continue reading “Hatcheries to raise more smolts for release into Feather and American River, additional money for salmon and hatchery infrastructure”
Photo courtesy of Golden Gate Salmon Association Inseason Estimates CDFW NEWS: Status Update (August 24, 2022): Provided below are … Continue reading “In Season Salmon Update”
State of California Department of Fish and Wildlife M e m o r a n d u m Date: May 16, … Continue reading “CDFW answer to boat limit petition”
SAVE THE DATE: April 20-21, 2022 California Fish and Game Commission Meeting The Commission will receive an update on ocean … Continue reading “California Fish and Game Commission Meeting April 20-21”
Read NCGASA’s response letter to the CA Fish and Game Commission asking them to exempt the Eel River estuary from … Continue reading “Low flow closures on the Eel River in Humboldt County”
Track the hatchery Fall-run Chinook salmon paired releases from the 2021-2022 Season (provisional data). See real time fish detections. Click … Continue reading “Central Valley Enhanced Acoustic Tagging Project”
CLICK HERE for full PDF to download. Conditions in the Central Valley are critically dry, and consequently, Shasta temperature management … Continue reading “Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan for Water Year 2022”
Click HERE for March 30 press release-PDF file 1 to download. PDF file 2 from April 2, 2022. The Coleman National … Continue reading “Coleman National Fish Hatchery planned release of approximately 4,218,454 brood year 2021 fall Chinook Salmon into Battle Creek beginning on March 31, 2022”
ACCORDING TO State’s natural resources agency, MOU is a Step in Years-Long Effort to Protect Water Reliability and flows • … Continue reading “State and Federal agencies announce agreement with Delta water suppliers”
Sacramento River Winter Chinook age 3 ocean impact rate south of Point Arena by fishery and Alternative. The impacts are … Continue reading “Projected impacts for Sacramento and Klamath chinook”
PFMC public hearing on Ocean Salmon Management held via webinar only • California Meeting – Tuesday, March 22, 2022 CLICK … Continue reading “Online public hearing on salmon management: March 22 at 7pm”
This NOAA website is the public interface for modeled and observed water temperature and flow data for the Sacramento River … Continue reading “NOAA launches Central Valley Temperature Mapping and Predictions (CVTEMP)”
March 14, 2022 Ocean Salmon Season Overview: The number of adult fall-run Chinook salmon forecast to be swimming off the … Continue reading “Ocean recreational salmon season alternatives set”
CLICK HERE for handout PDF to download March 2, 2022 (10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.) CDFW Annual Salmon Information Meeting … Continue reading “Members: Attend the CDFW Salmon Meeting, download the handout here”
There’s a big CDFW meeting coming on March 2nd that may just be our last stand — we need the … Continue reading “March 2nd meeting about the status of SALMON”
NCGASA has been on the front line for over five years advocating for the Fry program to be reinstated … Continue reading “615,000 fall Chinook fry released into the Sacramento River”
$50 Entry Fee Enter Here Dates: Tuesday, September 1 – Saturday, October 31, 2020 • Grand Prize is a Lifetime … Continue reading “Sacramento Valley River Salmon Fishing Contest 2020”
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Date: August 31, 2019 1st Place $1,000 2nd Place $500 3rd Place $250 Check out the PDF for full details … Continue reading “2019 Klamath Salmon Derby”
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The Potter Valley Project is a small hydropower project in the headwaters of the Eel River. It consists of two … Continue reading “Potter Valley Project – Eel River”
The California Salmon Council (CSC) under the direction of the California Department of Fish & Game (DFG) assembled an Advisory … Continue reading “Project One: 2008 Commercial and Recreational Salmon Fisheries Disaster Program”
American Sportfishing Association weighs in on White Sturgeon listing
ASA website, click here. October 30, 2024 California Fish and Game Commission P.O. Box 944209 Sacramento, CA 94244-2090 Subject: Objection … Continue reading “American Sportfishing Association weighs in on White Sturgeon listing”
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Thank you for attending the 2024 Fundraising Dinner & Auction!
Donated Fishing Trips FROM THE DINNER To view all the donated fishing trips from the DINNER event and to find … Continue reading “Thank you for attending the 2024 Fundraising Dinner & Auction!”
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Industry’s coalition letter concerning 2024 Fall-Run Chinook for Coleman Hatchery
October 23, 2024 Mr. Paul Souza Regional Director, Pacific Southwest Region U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2800 Cottage Way Sacramento, … Continue reading “Industry’s coalition letter concerning 2024 Fall-Run Chinook for Coleman Hatchery”
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