Drought-depleted rivers force salmon hatcheries to truck fish to the Pacific
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Chinook salmon smolts are loaded into a holding tank on the Merva W fishing boat in Rio Vista in 2014.Paul Chinn / The Chronicle 2014Show MoreShow Less
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State fish and game officials position a net pen filled with chinook salmon smolts in the Sacramento River in Rio Vista in 2014, before they are released into the river. Fish from inland hatcheries will be trucked to coastal locations for release this year.Paul Chinn / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Millions of young salmon raised at fish hatcheries in the Central Valley will be trucked to San Francisco Bay and other coastal sites for release, because the rivers they’d normally travel to get to the ocean are drying up, state and federal officials said Wednesday.