Winter-run Chinook salmon fry in a net

small fish in a net in a tank
Photo By/Credit
Jake Sisco/USFWS
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Historically, winter-run Chinook salmon entered fresh water during the winter months, emigrating high into Battle Creek and the Sacramento River watershed to the McCloud, Pit, and upper Sacramento Rivers above what is now Lake Shasta before spawning during the summer months. Credit: Jake Sisco/USFWS
Facility
Coleman National Fish Hatchery
Species
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Subject tags
Anadromous fish
Fish hatcheries
Fisheries