Salmon Run 2024 Oroville,CA fish hatchery Feather River. From when fish first arrived to harvesting

[@melsun63]

This was so fun to watch, something new to me, never seen before, much less here in Puerto Rico. Thanks for sharing.

[@Stefslilfarm]

I’m so glad you like it. Very interesting how the y harvest the eggs.

[@joelhaas765]

Good video Steph! I talked with somebody who works at a hatchery here in Idaho and apparently in some cases they were collecting milt/sperm from the males live and then releasing them back into the river to be potentially caught by fishermen! Salmon season still goes on in Idaho, but I believe harvest quotas in some areas were cut on certain parts of the Salmon river a couple of years ago. Guiding salmon fishermen is a big part of the economy in some little Idaho towns and tribal sustenance fishing is a big thing, too. Also, some of those tags they put in the fish have RFID chips that they use to track the fish as they travel up fish ladders at particular dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers.

[@Stefslilfarm]

Thanks Joel! I really enjoyed making this video. I love learning about anything to do with nature. California is just so crazy they will not let the fish after they are killed to be given to anyone in the state they take it out of ca and then give them to Indian tribes which I don’t mind that but you are telling us this year no Salmon fishing this but you can’t have any of these either. This state is crazy.

[@CreativeMoments92]

Yes, peaceful. A neat video. Do you eat Salmon? I do but there's only a few restaurants I will consume fish from. I'm super picky about that. We haven't eaten any of our catfish yet but I'm sure one day we will.

[@Stefslilfarm]

It was a fun video to do. I love to fish but I really don’t like fish. lol It has to be done so I can’t taste fish lol. I do love sturgeon no fishy taste at all.

[@CreativeMoments92]

@Stefslilfarm don't think I've had that. My favorite is fried catfish but I cannot eat fried foods so haven't had any in YEARS. Woe is me. Haha

[@TerryWood-r7b]

Well, I am sorry but this was very hard to watch- didn’t seem like nature to me. Just awful. 😢

[@Stefslilfarm]

The pacific coast salmon die after they spawn. It’s around 2 year old when they return to lay their eggs. This way at least they make sure the babies have better fighting chance.