Central Valley Salmon: A Perspective on Chinook and Steelhead in the Central Valley of California

By John G. Williams. 2006

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This monograph presents an extensive review of the biology and management of Chinook salmon and steelhead in the Central Valley of California. Relevant data and publications on these populations are summarized and discussed in the context of the wider professional literature, with emphasis on the importance of evolutionary considerations in the assessment of populations and in their management, the need to manage populations together with their environments, and the contradiction between maintaining a major hatchery program to support a mixed-stock ocean fishery and trying to maintain or restore populations adapted to natural or semi-natural habitats. Recommendations are presented for management and monitoring—for example for a thorough review of hatchery operations, for more emphasis on monitoring individual-based factors such the physiological condition and growth rates of juveniles, and for simulation of major restoration actions and monitoring programs. The 17 chapters cover major conceptsin salmon biology and conceptual foundations for management, and Central Valley Chinook and steelhead populations and their habitat, growth and migration, habitat use, harvest, hatcheries, modeling, monitoring, and management.

Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Impending extinction of salmon, steelhead, and trout (Salmonidae) in California (2013, background): “Consequently, while hatchery propagation of salmonids in California began in the 1870s, it was during the period of 1940 to 1960, coincident with the creation of the major dams, that hatchery construction boomed (Moyle 2002; Williams 2006).”
Framework for Assessing Viability of Threatened and Endangered Chinook Salmon and Steelhead in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Basin (2007, background): “In 2002 and 2003, mean water temperature in Butte Creek exceeded 21°C for 10 or more days in July, and 20-30% of adults in 2002 and 65% of adults in 2003 died (reviewed by Williams 2006), primarily from columnaris.”