Every year, the California Division of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) fastidiously counts juvenile and grownup coho salmon in North Coast rivers and streams. This work is very essential for monitoring the standing of endangered populations of Central California Coast (CCC) coho.
Final winter, CDFW employees realized they had been seeing distinctive numbers of grownup salmon returning to Mendocino’s coastal streams throughout their spawning run. When the monitoring season was over and the numbers had been crunched, everybody working to recuperate these populations obtained some actually inspiring information:
Final yr, CCC coho salmon returns surged to their highest numbers since intensive monitoring started. The Noyo and Ten Mile Rivers exceeded the federal Endangered Species Act restoration targets, and the Garcia and Massive Rivers noticed report salmon returns.
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Coho Salmon by NOAA Fisheries Service
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