Steelhead run in the Carmel River used to be between 12,000 and 20,000 a year

“Experts estimate that the run of adult Steelhead in the Carmel River used to be between 12,000 and 20,000 a year. In 2009, the adult Steelhead count was 94.

When my dad was a young man in the late ‘30’s, early ‘40’s he figured he could hook and land 150 fish a year out of the Carmel River. My son has never caught a fish out of the Carmel River.

ORDER 95-10, a cease-and-desist mandate from the State Water Resources Control Board, ordered Cal-Am to make significant reductions in the amount of water taken from the river by the end of 2016. "

ORDER 95-10, a cease-and-desist mandate from the State Water Resources Control Board, to make significant reductions in the amount of water taken from the river by the end of 2016. - See more at: http://blogs.kusp.org/features/2013/07/25/one-river-with-not-enough-water-for-people-and-fish/#sthash.CTZaYQRj.dpuf

http://blogs.kusp.org/features/2013/07/25/one-river-with-not-enough-water-for-people-and-fish/ 

picture from: CRSA

“Experts estimate that the run of adult steelhead in the Carmel River used to be between 12,000 and 20,000 a year. In 2009, the adult steelhead county was 94.”
Not Even a Bite
“When my dad was a young man in the late ‘30’s, early ‘40’s he figured he could hook and land 150 fish a year out of the Carmel River. My son never caught a fish out of the Carmel River.”
- See more at: http://blogs.kusp.org/features/2013/07/25/one-river-with-not-enough-water-for-people-and-fish/#sthash.CTZaYQRj.dpuf