Poor king salmon runs close Kenai Peninsula rivers to fishing
Poor runs had already closed the Kenai River to king salmon fishing this June. And this week, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is …
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Researchers probe threats to salmonfly
Jackson Birrell waded through thigh-deep water on a bucolic late-spring day last week, but unlike other anglers venturing into the swollen churn of spring melt, …
How Not to Count Salmon
Data reporter Irena Hwang thought counting fish to evaluate the hatchery system in the Pacific Northwest sounded like a fun project. That was before she …
Ladies and Gentlemen Start Your Ladders
The Lahontan National Fish Hatchery Complex in Gardnerville began stocking 100,000 catchable, Lahontan cutthroat trout into Lake Tahoe on June 1 and will continue stocking throughout …
California seeks to regulate salmon-killing tire chemical
Amid research linking a highly toxic tire chemical to salmon deaths in the Pacific Northwest, California officials are proposing a rule to require tire manufacturers …
Too Many Pinks in the Pacific
There are three times more pink salmon in the ocean than there were about 50 years ago. Nearly three out of every four salmon in …
New Studies Show B.C. Fish Farms Increased Risks For Wild Salmon
Pacific salmon are likely exposed to increased risks from pathogens concentrated in fish farms on the West Coast, two new scientific studies indicate. Young Fraser …
The U.S. Has Spent More Than $2 Billion on a Plan to Save Salmon
The Fish Are Vanishing Anyway. The U.S. government promised Native tribes in the Pacific Northwest that they could keep fishing as they’d always done. But …
Utah’s native cutthroat trout might not be as dumb as some anglers think
Anglers often discuss how smart or dumb a fish might be, and different species of fish are often assigned an intelligence status. Utah’s state fish, …
How airborne soy pellets can kill Yellowstone lake trout embryos
A trial run of a novel technique that combines soy-based pellets, a seed spreader, and a helicopter has proved resoundingly successful at killing unwanted exotic …