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Since they can’t smolt and become steelhead, they do not have state or federal protections.

After they hatch, the baby fry and juveniles, called smolt, begin migrating downstream, typically via San Francisco Bay, and out to sea.

On a recent morning in March, while dew was still on the road, there occurred the salmon smolt mishap of Northeast Oregon.

Mary Valentine, a seasonal scientific technician with the department’s fish program’s science division, was working a smolt trap on Tuesday.

The department has temporarily suspended smolt trapping at the Duckabush River.