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First Sockeye Salmon Make Their Arrival at Stanley Basin by Staff Lewiston Tribune, August 7, 2020

STANLEY -- Sockeye salmon have begun to trickle into the Stanley Basin here, completing a 900-mile journey from the Pacific Ocean.

According to Idaho Fish and Game, the first adult sockeye, a naturally produced female, was caught in a trap on Redfish Lake Creek July 31. A second fish arrived Aug. 2.

Through Wednesday, 438 sockeye had been counted at Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River in eastern Washington. Last year at this time, only 58 sockeye had been counted at the dam and just 17 reached their spawning grounds at the base of the Sawtooth Mountains.

This year, fisheries officials are expecting a return of 124 to 165 adult sockeye to the basin. Returning adults are trapped in weirs and then taken to the Eagle Fish Hatchery. Some of the trapped fish will be incorporated into a captive breeding program at the hatchery and the rest will be released into Redfish Lake to spawn.

Sockeye salmon are Idaho’s most imperiled anadromous fish. They are protected as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.

Related Pages:
Count the Fish, 1977-2014, Salmon Recovery Effortsby GAO