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Salmon

New York’s Fall Salmon Migration

September 17, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

spawning salmon courtesy U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceEach fall, tributaries to the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain are home to salmon returning to spawn. This can make for some exciting fish watching as salmon move upstream and jump or otherwise navigate various obstructions on their way to their desired spawning sites. [Read more…] about New York’s Fall Salmon Migration

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Western NY Tagged With: Bouquet River, fish, Fisheries, fishing, Great Lakes, Lake Champlain, Lake Ontario, nature, Salmon, Salmon River, Wildlife

2.4M Salmon & Trout Stocked in Lake Ontario

June 25, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

stocking fish into net pens courtesy DECSalmon and trout stocking in Lake Ontario is complete for 2022 with 900,000 Chinook salmon, 505,200 rainbow trout, 480,000 brown trout, 320,000 lake trout, 121,000 coho salmon, and 125,000 Atlantic salmon to provide exceptional angling opportunities. [Read more…] about 2.4M Salmon & Trout Stocked in Lake Ontario

Filed Under: Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: DEC, fish, Fisheries, fishing, Lake Ontario, Salmon, Trout

Atlantic Salmon Net Pen-Rearing Projects Continuing at Lake Champlain

April 24, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Atlantic Salmon courtesy National Park ServiceThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced the second year of a five-year experimental Atlantic Salmon pen rearing project on the Saranac River Estuary.

In partnership with the Plattsburgh Boat Basin, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Lake Champlain chapter of Trout Unlimited, SUNY Plattsburgh, and Paul Smith’s College, the initiative will help improve post-stocking survival of this species. [Read more…] about Atlantic Salmon Net Pen-Rearing Projects Continuing at Lake Champlain

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: DEC, fish, Fisheries, fishing, Lake Champlain, nature, Salmon, Wildlife

Salmon Thrive in North Country Schools With Salmon in the Classroom Program

February 26, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Salmon in the Classroom program provided by DECAtlantic salmon eggs are on their way to hatching in 18 schools across New York’s North Country, as part of the “Salmon in the Classroom” program sponsored by the Lake Champlain Chapter of Trout Unlimited. [Read more…] about Salmon Thrive in North Country Schools With Salmon in the Classroom Program

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Fish Hatchery, DEC, Education, fish, Fisheries, Lake Champlain, nature, Salmon, Trout Unlimited, Wildlife

Fishing Regulation Changes Comment Period Ends February 6th

February 3, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Brook Trout courtesy DECThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is proposing to amend sport-fishing regulations that include a multitude of changes to management of the State’s fisheries. [Read more…] about Fishing Regulation Changes Comment Period Ends February 6th

Filed Under: Nature, Recreation Tagged With: DEC, fish, Fisheries, fishing, nature, Salmon, Trout, Wildlife

Atlantic Salmon Collection on Lake Champlain Tributaries This Fall

September 8, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Atlantic Salmon courtesy National Park ServiceThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced a joint project with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to collect adult Atlantic salmon from major New York tributaries of Lake Champlain this fall. This work supports the State’s ongoing research and management of the fishery. [Read more…] about Atlantic Salmon Collection on Lake Champlain Tributaries This Fall

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: DEC, fish, Fisheries, Lake Champlain, nature, Salmon, Wildlife

Salmon River Fish Hatchery Improvements

August 30, 2021 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Salmon River Hatchery construction courtesy DECThe Salmon River Fish Hatchery’s new fish ladder is almost ready.

Chinook and Coho Salmon stocked in Lake Ontario tributaries return to spawn. This can make for some exciting fish watching as salmon move upstream and jump or otherwise navigate various obstructions, such as the fish ladder, on their way to their desired spawning sites. [Read more…] about Salmon River Fish Hatchery Improvements

Filed Under: Nature, Recreation Tagged With: fish, Fisheries, fishing, Salmon, Salmon River, Salmon River Fish Hatchery

Salmon, Steelhead Fish Pen Rearing A Success

June 30, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

male Chinook Salmon in spawning phase courtesy United States Geological SurveyThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced that Region 6 fisheries staff released 50,000 Chinook salmon and 10,000 steelhead (rainbow trout) into Black River Bay in early May 2021. [Read more…] about Salmon, Steelhead Fish Pen Rearing A Success

Filed Under: Nature, Western NY Tagged With: fish, Fisheries, fishing, nature, Salmon, Wildlife

Salmon Net Pen-Rearing Projects set for Lake Champlain, Ontario

April 11, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

landlocked salmon provided by DECNew York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is deploying two new pen-rearing projects for Atlantic salmon to begin this spring. In an effort to improve post-stocking survival and imprinting to the stocked water, experimental Atlantic salmon pen-rearing projects will be conducted in the Saranac River estuary in Lake Champlain and in the Salmon River in Lake Ontario. [Read more…] about Salmon Net Pen-Rearing Projects set for Lake Champlain, Ontario

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Western NY Tagged With: Fisheries, fishing, Great Lakes, Lake Champlain, Lake Ontario, Salmon

Cayuga lnlet Boom Helps Fish Passage

December 6, 2020 by Editorial Staff 3 Comments

fishway on Cayuga InletEvery Fall since 2017, the fishway (ladder) on Cayuga Inlet has been opened to allow landlocked Atlantic salmon and brown trout passage in hopes of improving fishing opportunities upstream.

In previous years the results have been mediocre, but a floating boom installed in fall 2020 has improved its effectiveness. The floating boom deflects leaves and debris over the dam, keeping the grates in the fishway clear. Cleaner grates pass water more efficiently, helping to attract fish into the fishway. [Read more…] about Cayuga lnlet Boom Helps Fish Passage

Filed Under: Nature, Western NY Tagged With: fish, Fisheries, fishing, nature, Salmon, Trout, Wildlife

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