Last updated on 08/05/2025
Fish
Developing a self-sustaining Chinook salmon fishery to the San Joaquin River requires major planning and execution, all driven by sound science.
Our most comprehensive document to date is the Fisheries Framework, completed in 2018. This document outlines the goals and objectives for establishing spring-run and fall-run Chinook salmon populations in the Restoration Area, identifies the necessary habitat to support naturally reproducing, self-sustaining salmon populations; and, outlines the proposed Adaptive Management process and implementation plan for fishery actions. Below are links to the Fisheries Framework for spring-run and fall-fun Chinook salmon.
Our most comprehensive document to date is the Fisheries Framework, completed in 2018. This document outlines the goals and objectives for establishing spring-run and fall-run Chinook salmon populations in the Restoration Area, identifies the necessary habitat to support naturally reproducing, self-sustaining salmon populations; and, outlines the proposed Adaptive Management process and implementation plan for fishery actions. Below are links to the Fisheries Framework for spring-run and fall-fun Chinook salmon.
FISHERIES FRAMEWORK
Reintroduction
As part of the San Joaquin River Restoration Program, routine year-round monitoring of fish throughout their lifecycle is conducted in the Restoration Area.
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Monitoring
The Program has reintroduction activities for both juvenile and adults spring-run Chinook salmon — the species of focus for the Program and listed as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
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Habitat
Monitoring of physical habitat conditions along and within the San Joaquin River provides information on potential needs and limitations for fisheries.
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