… A roughly $100 million project shared by Yuba Water Agency, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the National Marine Fisheries Service aims to address declining salmon populations and improve conditions for all species inhabiting the river. But anglers who fish the river fear what could happen to their vaunted trout fishery once its gate opens. … What officials have called a “nature-like fishway” stands as the center piece of the Yuba River Resilience Initiative, with its two-year construction slated to begin in 2026. The designed waterway would effectively act as a channel bypassing Daguerre Point Dam, allowing more fish species to pass up and down the river. … The fishway would clear a path for virtually all fish species to move past the dam. But stakeholders disagree about the consequences of that free passage into salmon and trout habitat currently protected from predators.

Other salmon and trout news:

• KIBS/KBOV (Bishop, Calif.): Power outage leads to major fish loss at Fish Springs Trout Hatchery
• Action News Now (Chico, Calif.): New salmon fishing regulations in effect for California anglers
• California Trout: Blog: Scaling floodplain conservation: How the Fish Food program is revolutionizing fish recovery in California’s Central Valley