Study probes post-release survival of six species of billfish
Obtaining reliable estimates of post- release mortality in billfishes has only become possible in the last 25 years or so, largely due to the development …
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Groups seek federal protections for Arctic grayling
Arctic grayling, which are native to the Upper Missouri River basin, are the focus of a lawsuit over federal management of the cold river-dwelling fish …
Study suggests US freshwater fish highly contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’
One more reason to practice catch and release. A new study finds that eating just one serving of freshwater fish each year could have the …
Feds inch toward listing California, Oregon Spring Chinook salmon as threatened
The Biden administration will consider adding spring-run Chinook salmon in Oregon and Northern California to the endangered or threatened species lists. “Based on the information …
California’s endangered salmon population plummets amid new threat
They’ve been pushed to the brink of extinction by dams, drought, extreme heat, and even the flare of wildfires, but now California’s endangered winter-run Chinook …
Triggerfish Chases and Attacks Diver
Footage captured a triggerfish taking a bite out of the diver’s leg. Alex Pikul, from Alabama, encountered the trigger as he was scuba-diving off the …
Can assisted migration save the Rio Grande’s cutthroat?
Scientists wage an upstream battle to save trout in a warming West. The helicopter vaulted over Music Pass and touched down in an alpine meadow, …
A fish that’s been in Maine ponds since the ice age faces an uncertain future
Maine has the world’s southernmost population of Arctic charr; a landlocked fish left stranded here when the glaciers retreated. But the rare fish once called …
NFWF Announces $800,000 in Grants to Support Native Fish
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced $806,000 in grants to restore, protect and enhance native fish species of conservation concern across the …
The quest to catch a steelhead every month on the Chicago lakefront
Talk amongst yourselves. Danny “Taks” Borgert is an artist and a top angler on the Chicago lakefront. Those two sides joined to catch a steelhead …