Fisheries Content / Fisheries Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en The Salmon Diaries: Life Before and After Klamath Dam Removal /climate/news/salmon-diaries-before-after-klamath-dam-removal From the Klamath River to the lab, to the ear bones of fish, ºÙºÙÊÓƵ scientists are helping to answer a big dam question: How will salmon use the river following the world's largest dam removal project? July 15, 2024 - 9:00am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/salmon-diaries-before-after-klamath-dam-removal U.S. Reservoirs Hold Billions of Pounds of Fish /climate/news/us-reservoirs-hold-billions-pounds-fish U.S. reservoirs hold more than 7 billion pounds of fish, a ºÙºÙÊÓƵ study estimates. Properly managed, these existing reservoir ecosystems could help food security and conservation. April 29, 2024 - 8:57am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/us-reservoirs-hold-billions-pounds-fish ºÙºÙÊÓƵ to Safeguard Spring-Run Chinook Salmon Broodstock /news/uc-davis-safeguard-spring-run-chinook-salmon-broodstock ºÙºÙÊÓƵ joins state and federal fisheries agencies to conserve threatened spring-run Chinook salmon, housing captive broodstock. October 12, 2023 - 1:29pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/uc-davis-safeguard-spring-run-chinook-salmon-broodstock Removing Dams from the Klamath River is a Step Toward Justice for Native Americans /climate/news/removing-dams-klamath-river-step-toward-justice-native-americans-northern-california <p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Klamath River runs over 250 miles (400 kilometers) from southern Oregon to the Pacific Ocean in Northern California. It flows through the steep, rugged Klamath Mountains, past slopes of redwood, fir, tanoak and madrone, and along pebbled beaches where willows shade the river’s edge. Closer to its mouth at Requa, the trees rising above the river are often blanketed in fog.</p> July 13, 2023 - 1:20pm Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/removing-dams-klamath-river-step-toward-justice-native-americans-northern-california Rainbow Trout Subspecies Newly Named /climate/news/rainbow-trout-subspecies-newly-named The McCloud River redband trout, or O. mykiss calisulat, is newly identified as its own distinct subspecies of rainbow trout in a study from ºÙºÙÊÓƵ. It was named in consultation with the Winnemem Wintu tribe. March 29, 2023 - 11:00am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/rainbow-trout-subspecies-newly-named The Science of Saving Salmon as Klamath Dams Come Down /climate/blog/science-saving-salmon-klamath-river-dams-come-down <p><span>The world’s largest dam removal in history is slated for 2023. Led by Indigenous tribes in partnership with organizations, lawyers, scientists and activists, the project will </span><a href="https://www.yuroktribe.org/post/federal-regulators-green-light-largest-river-restoration-project-in-us-history"><span>remove four dams</span></a><span>, clearing the way for the lower Klamath River to flow freely for the first time in more than a century.&nbsp;</span></p> February 24, 2023 - 3:34pm Katherine E Kerlin /climate/blog/science-saving-salmon-klamath-river-dams-come-down Will Harmful Algal Blooms Finish Off White Sturgeon? /climate/news/will-harmful-algal-blooms-finish-white-sturgeon ºÙºÙÊÓƵ fisheries experts voice concerns and suggestions for how to save white sturgeon after a harmful algal bloom killed hundreds of the fish, an ancient species. November 10, 2022 - 2:29pm Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/will-harmful-algal-blooms-finish-white-sturgeon Levi Lewis: The Value of ‘And’ /news/climate/levi-lewis-and-value-and Fisheries ecologist Levi Lewis discusses climate anxiety, privilege, fish and the power of ‘and’ as part of ºÙºÙÊÓƵ’ climate anxiety series. August 08, 2022 - 10:00am Katherine E Kerlin /news/climate/levi-lewis-and-value-and Peter Moyle: Fish by Fish, Bird by Bird /news/climate/fish-fish-bird-bird Peter Moyle on why he’s still optimistic, even with climate change, despite a career spent recording the decline of fish. For ºÙºÙÊÓƵ’ climate anxiety series. August 08, 2022 - 10:00am Katherine E Kerlin /news/climate/fish-fish-bird-bird ‘Unfold’ Podcast, Episode 2: ‘Nature Tells Its Story’ /curiosity/news/unfold-podcast-episode-2-nature-tells-its-story <p><span><span><span><span>A fish can’t talk, but its eyes and ears can. </span></span><a href="/news/eyes-reveal-life-history-fish"><span>Scientists have discovered</span></a><span><span> that each layer of a fish’s lens reveals a different part of its life history, including what it’s eaten throughout its life. While you’ve probably never heard of fish otoliths, these ear bones tell us not only a fish’s age, but what rivers it has traveled. Understanding this could help wildlife managers know what habitats to protect to help imperiled species.</span></span></span></span></p> October 05, 2021 - 9:45am Katherine E Kerlin /curiosity/news/unfold-podcast-episode-2-nature-tells-its-story