Central Valley Salmon: A Perspective on Chinook and Steelhead in the Central Valley of California
Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: 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.
Authors: Independent Consultant, John G. Williams
Language: English
Subfield: Nature and Landscape Conservation
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Funders: California Department of Fish and Game, Department of Water Resources, Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, National Marine Fisheries Service
OpenAlex ID: W1849903151