Fish Facilities Salvage Data, San Francisco, California, 1993-2025

The Bureau of Reclamation’s (Reclamation) Central Valley Project (CVP) and the California Department of Water Resource’s (DWR) State Water Project (SWP) deliver millions of acre-feet of water annually for agricultural, municipal, industrial, and environmental needs in California from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta (Delta) through the C.W. “Bill” Jones Pumping Plant (JPP) and Banks Pumping Plant. Since 1957, Reclamation operated fish salvage facility, the Tracy Fish Collection Facility (TFCF), is located upstream of the JPP and functions to salvage fish entrained in exported water (Bates and Vinsonhaler 1957). Additionally, the John E. Skinner Delta Fish Protective Facility (SDFPF) was added by the California Department of Water Resources in 1968 to salvage fishes diverted by the SWP. The salvage process involves fish collection, counting, handling and transportation back to the Delta. To prevent fish loss, CVP and SWP fish facilities were constructed at Old River, where fish are diverted to the fish facilities for counting and reporting. After counting, the fish are collected in storage tanks and taken to several release locations in the Delta via fish-haul tank trucks. Millions of fishes from 69 species are salvaged through this process by the two fish facilities. Data collected includes species collected, fish lengths, water flow, export amounts, and water quality. Fishes listed (Endangered Species Act (ESA) or California Endangered Species Act (CESA)) were Chinook Salmon, Delta Smelt, steelhead trout, Longfin Smelt, and Green Sturgeon. For unclipped Chinook Salmon, runs are designated by either a length at date determination or through genetic sample analysis (DNA_Run). Clipped Chinook Salmon runs are determined by reading a coded wire tag that shows hatchery designation (CWT_Run). The genetic Chinook Salmon run determination is associated with a percent probability (Probability) that the genetics match with the run. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife monitors fish salvage and manages the data collected from the fish facilities in addition to data collected and managed by DWR and Reclamation. ## About This Federated Record This CNRA Open Data Platform record is based on metadata federated from the Environmental Data Initiative (EDI) Data Portal. Its purpose is to improve the discoverability of the data package through the CNRA Open Data Platform. The EDI Data Portal is the repository of record for this data package. Metadata, resource links, and supporting information displayed here may not reflect the latest updates available in EDI. Resources shown here—including Full Metadata, Provenance, and Data Quality Report—are provided to help users understand and evaluate the data package and the supporting information available from EDI. For the current data package, citation, DOI, data files, metadata, provenance, data quality documentation, revision history, and other supporting information, refer to the EDI data package landing page: https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/metadataviewer?packageid=edi.1290.9&key=vqSpNwnbe91Bi8trB5RY25CoPD4 Access requirements, permissions, and authorization policies for resources hosted by EDI are established and managed independently of the CNRA Open Data Platform.