Salmon numbers are up?

Saw this today at the gas station newspaper. Does anyone have more info on returns in general? This is for Mokelumne River


https://www.ebmud.com/about-us/news/press-releases/salmon-return-mokelumne-river-record-numbers

Not good, the Coleman hatchery, whose low returns last year were the primary reason why we did not fish this year did not have great returns again. Per facebook they got 9.5 million eggs out of their goal of 12-15 million. They will truck some eggs from the moke to coleman which is good news for the future but does not fix the original problem of low numbers of returning salmon to the sac.

Not good, the Coleman hatchery, whose low returns last year were the primary reason why we did not fish this year did not have great returns again. Per facebook they got 9.5 million eggs out of their goal of 12-15 million. They will truck some eggs from the moke to coleman which is good news for the future but does not fix the original problem of low numbers of returning salmon to the sac.

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If the data collected from the 2022 run is similar to what's happening in 2023, a lot of these fish did not originate from the Moke. Turns out those smolts CDFW trucked straight to the Bay a few years ago due to extreme drought are straying...a lot. Some data are describing a 90% stray rate for these trucked fish. High odds that a lot of those fish originated from Coleman and other hatcheries.

The 2023 salmon season was contingent on, among other things, meeting minimum escapement goals for the Sacramento River. Forecasts didn't predict enough fish to allow for a fishing season this year. Unfortunately, the current returns for the Sac are looking even worse than the predictions.

Unless the crazy-high stray rates of the trucked Coleman fish are incorporated into the models, this doesn't bode well for the potential for a salmon season in 2024.

Just saw a video from feather river low on water near the spawning area. With the mismanagement, there is no doubt return would be low.

The folks managing that hatchery are doing some innovative stuff, and it’s working. Good article below.
https://mavensnotebook.com/2023/03/28/feature-the-magic-of-the-mokelumne-how-such-a-small-river-produces-so-many-salmon/