The Klamath Tribes plan to implement the first-ever large-scale reintroduction of Chinook salmon. The Bureau of Indian Affairs and NOAA Fisheries recently allocated $6 million in efforts do the reintroduction on what the Tribes say are “critically imperiled spring-run Chinook salmon within the Klamath Tribes’ ancestral territory.” The Tribes plan to establish up to 40 remote incubation sites in cold-water streams above Upper Klamath Lake. The money will also support the installation of four additional raceways and “increase water efficiency” at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Klamath Fish Hatchery near Chiloquin.

Other fishery news:

• ABC10 (Sacramento, Calif.): Commercial ocean salmon fishing returns to California after 3-year hiatus, CDFW reports
• Active NorCal (Redding, Calif.): An unusual salmon habitat project is coming to the Sacramento River near Redding this week
• Action News Now (Chico, Calif.): Work on Rockwads Fish Habitat Restoration Project to begin in Redding on Monday
• Courthouse News Service: Environmentalists sue feds to protect endangered California fish
• The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, Calif.): Environmental group sues Trump administration seeking stronger protection for rare Clear Lake fish