Annual Wild Fish Report
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has released its annual report on wild steelhead and wild spring and summer chinook, showing that the fish continue to struggle.
According to Tim Copeland, a fisheries biologist for the department,
“This seems to show they may not be getting sicker but they are not back to full health yet”.
The report, titled Wild Adult Steelhead and Chinook Salmon Abundance and Composition at Lower Granite Dam, Spawn Year 2024, measures the overall abundance of the fish and their performance based on brood year and migration year.
- Snake River wild steelhead and chinook remain below recovery goals despite modest gains.
- The report provides an assessment of the fish population's health and progress toward goals.
Author's summary: Annual report shows wild fish struggling.