The Department of Water Resources announced Monday its fish monitoring station at the Feather River Fish Hatchery, installed July 2023 about 6.5 miles from the hatchery, has helped reduce staff hours spent conducting carcass surveys by three-quarters — and, best of all, the counts of spring-run salmon are up. The monitoring station is said to be a valuable tool for scientists counting Chinook salmon and steelhead trout populations in the Feather River; it uses an underwater camera to track arrival timing, number, species and origin of returning fish — whether natural or hatchery raised, according to the release.

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