FEDERAL COURT UPHOLDS PROTECTION FOR CALIFORNIA’S WILD STEELHEAD
If you’re interested in learning more about the state of California’s native trout and salmon, their history, biology, distribution, and status, there are a couple new reports available. CalTrout commissioned Dr Peter Moyle and the team at the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis to compile a report on the state of California’s 32 native salmonid species.
The full report Salmon, Steelhead, and Trout in California is the most up to date material on California salmonids. The 300+ pg document is available as a PDF file from www.caltrout.org There is also a shorter document also available there, more an executive summary of distribution, status, and risks by specie titled SOS: California’s Native Fish Crisis that probably covers most recreational fisheries interests (more maps and pictures). If you’ve ever wondered where to catch a particular trout or salmon native to California, these are the new definitive reference materials for your research.
Unfortunately the overall conclusion of the project is that many more of California’s native trout and salmon are threatened or endangered than most people realized. The documents also do a good service to explaining the risks to the long term survival of the fish, while leaving it mostly up to the reader to for their own policy decisions.
I will print up a few copies for the January meeting to include in the club library.Steve Kopp