PROJECTS

Cosumnes River Salmon Passage
Granless Dam Fish Ladder Reconstruction
Cosumnes River Spawning Habitat Restoration
Stanislaus Habitat Use Pilot Investigation
Lower Calaveras River Anadromous Fish Barrier Removal Project
Net Pen Acclimation
Summary of Calaveras River and Mormon Sough/Diverting Canal Fish Stranding and Relocation

Kimball Island Research
Central Valley Juvenile Salmonid Studies
Cosumnes River Floodplain Studies
Rattlesnake Creek Fish Rescue & BMP Monitoring
Cosumnes Flow Augmentation Pilot Program
West Delta Surveys

The Fishery Foundation of California's Current Projects

Net Pen Acclimation

For over a decade the Fishery Foundation has received Chinook smolts from state hatcheries. Juvenile salmon are transported from the hatcheries by truck and released into the San Pablo Bay near Vallejo. The FFC recieves these smolts and holds them in mobile net pens allowing them to acclimate before releasing them into the warmer, open bay water. Studies have shown this acclimation period successfully increases the smolt's survival rates by limiting their exposure to avian and aquatic predators during the acclimation period. The program is perfomed with a supporting grant from the Bay-Delta Sportfishing Enhancement Stamp.