<div dir="ltr">Trinity River enthusiasts,<div><br></div><div>As many of you are aware, recent information from the public and data from adult monitoring have indicated a higher than normal level of "gill rot" in salmon in the Trinity River. State, Federal, and Tribal biologists and managers take these reports of diseased or deceased fish seriously. This email is to provide you with a brief summary of information to keep you informed over the weekend, in advance of a more detailed fish pathologist report and press release that will be available next week. </div><div><br></div><div>On the morning of July 21, 2023, staff from the California Department of Fish and WIldlife (CDFW) including a fish pathologist examined all adult salmon captured at the Junction City weir. Later that afternoon, representatives from CDFW, Reclamation, National Marine Fisheries Service, Hoopa Tribe, Yurok Tribe, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service met to discuss the fish pathologist's initial observations, share other pertinent information, and develop recommendations to managers, should any thought to be warranted. </div><div><br></div><div>All salmon trapped at the weir were examined by CDFW's fish pathologist, including gills on both sides and other parts of each fish. Overall, all salmon visually appeared to be healthy, which is a good sign. Of the gill lesions observed by the pathologist, few appeared to be actively infected. Most of the lesions appeared to be resolving, possibly from a previous stressor earlier in the year on their upstream migration to the upper Trinity River. Samples were taken from the gills of fish with lesions, and the fish pathologist will determine in the laboratory the type of pathogen(s) that were present on the gill lesions. Other positive indications were that Yurok Tribal biologists saw a recent decline from previous weeks in the incidence of gill lesions on juvenile salmon and adult suckers captured with rotary screw traps in the lower Trinity River.</div><div><br></div><div>Given the overall observations of the CDFW staff as well as information from other entities at the meeting yesterday afternoon, the group did not believe a request for river or reservoir management actions from Reclamation was warranted. More data and information will be re-evaluated again by agency and Tribal staff this coming Monday. The report from the fish pathologist and a press release with more details and analysis will be available for you to review next week. Hope you have a good weekend,</div><div><br>Seth</div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Seth Naman</div><div dir="ltr">Fisheries Biologist</div><div dir="ltr">National Marine Fisheries Service</div><div dir="ltr">707-825-5180</div><div dir="ltr">1655 Heindon Rd<br>Arcata, CA 95521</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:13px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold"></span>
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