Richmond kids get rare opportunity to watch release of tiny salmon into San Francisco Bay

Children in the Richmond Police Activities League took part in the release of 200,000 juvenile salmon during a boat ride Sunday evening.

The event marked one of the last releases by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife that began in March. In a series of releases, the department has been transporting 19.7 million hatchery-raised fall-run and 960,000 spring-run Chinook salmon smolts to the San Pablo Bay, San Francisco Bay and seaside net pens.