After three consecutive years of being off restaurant menus, one of the most prized local fish is finally swimming its way back to market, and chefs are hooked. Wild California King salmon, also known as Chinook, is the largest of the Pacific salmon. … The quality of one year’s fishery depends on how successful the young fish were in getting to the ocean years before, according to UC Davis professor Dr. Nann A. Fangue. … “It’s very cyclical, and when we have things like drought conditions, where the conditions for outmigrating juvenile fish aren’t so good, you expect in three years to have kind of a poor fishery, but then when you have conditions that promote lots of outmigration success, then in three or four years you expect to have lots of adults returning, so this is part of that cycle.”

Other fishery news:

• Herald and News (Klamath Falls, Ore.): Chinook fishing on Klamath River in California won’t be allowed until July
• Western Outdoor News (San Clemente, Calif.): Sacramento River back in play for salmon following 3-year closure
• Western Outdoor News (San Clemente, Calif.): Central Coast salmon fishing gets an upgrade as conditions line up
• The Colorado Sun (Denver): Colorado nonprofit offers to buy water for fish, a deal that could help farms weather record drought
• U.S. Geological Survey: Blog: As wildfires burn, rainfall can strip oxygen from rivers, killing fish
• Oregon State University: News release: Agriculture and conservation share common ground after Klamath dam removals, study finds
• Yuba Water Agency: News release: Yuba Water Agency supports continuation of salmon reintroduction on the Yuba River