Instream Flow Requirements For Tribal Trust Species in the Klamath River

Document Details:

Title: Instream Flow Requirements For Tribal Trust Species in the Klamath River
Category: Technical Report
File: Trihey-and-Associates_1996_0331_Instream-flow-needs-for-Klamath-Tribal-Trust-species.pdf
Updated Date: 16.06.2017
Author(s)/Source(s): Trihey & Associates, Inc
Publication Date: 1996-Mar
Focal Topic: Other threatened fishes, In-Stream Flow / Flow Regime, Aquatic Habitat / Invertebrates / Insects, Salmon, Steelhead/Rainbow Trout
Location: Klamath Basin
Watershed Code: 180102
Abstract:

The Yurok People have long depended on the fish resources of the Klamath River. For centuries, the Klamath River provided fish throughout the year to meet the needs of the Yurok Tribe as well as the Karuk, Hoopa and Klamath Tribes. The river is still central to the everyday lives of the Yurok People. Historically, adult salmon and steelhead returning each year to spawn, including spring and fall chinook salmon, coho salmon and steelhead, probably numbered more than one million fish. At this time large numbers of eulachon, lamprey and green sturgeon also inhabited the river. These fish were harvested for cultural, subsistence and commercial purposes. They are referred to in the report as the Yurok Tribal Species.

Keyword Tags:
Tribal Trust Species, Streamflow requirements, eulachon, lamprey, green sturgeon, salmon, steelhead