Salmon and Steelhead

Information about Salmon and Steelhead

General Information on Salmon and Steelhead

Atlas of Pacific Salmon: The First Map-Based Status Assessment of Salmon in the North Pacific, by Xanthippe Augerot. University of California Press.
The “Four Hs”: Habitat, Hydropower, Harvest, and Hatcheries - Threats to Salmon and Steelhead (on Trout Unlimited website)
Where Salmon Go in the Ocean, from NOAA (pretty technical)

Individual Species Information

Alameda Creek Alliance website includes a map of steelhead’s endangered and threatened status range and information about what steelhead need and how to help them in your watershed.
California’s Living Marine Resources: A Status Report, from the California Department of Fish and Game - See the Salmonids section, which has general information on salmon and steelhead in California as well as specific species information.
Fish Base - photos and information on all fish species, not just salmon and steelhead
Heidi Haugen’s classroom web page (Florin High School, Sacramento CA) – a great source of illustrations of salmon and steelhead
Information about salmon and steelhead species from National Marine Fisheries Service
Maps of coho, Chinook, and steelhead ranges in California. You can manipulate to put in dams and other barriers.
Maps of status of all species of Pacific salmon and steelhead - from Alaska to California (click on Stock Status Maps)
Salmon Nation - information and photos about different Pacific salmon and steelhead species
Status of coho salmon in southern Oregon and northern California
Trout 101 - how salmonid species are related to each other, from Trout Unlimited

Laws Protecting Salmon and Steelhead

Life Cycle and Migration

‘Caring for Sammy’ - Learn about things that people can do to help salmon.
“Why Live Anadromously?,” pages 13-15 in Anadromous Fishes of California
Design a stream that will let the most salmon eggs hatch.
The Salmon Challenge Game - Learn how people’s everyday activities can affect water, and salmon and steelhead health.
Read a description of the salmon’s migration.
Salmon life cycle overview
Salmon life cycle overview (another example)
Salmon life cycle: early stages
Salmon and steelhead life-cycle word search - Click on ‘Bubble’s Glug-Glug word search.’
What salmon and steelhead eggs need to hatch

Threatened and Endangered Species