Florida Man Steals Live Tarpon from Bass Pro Shops
A sheriff’s office in Florida says a man was caught on video walking away with a live tarpon he stole from the indoor pond of …
Tagfish in the news
The unsung heroes fighting against climate change?
Fish are responsible for capturing billions of tons of carbon dioxide each year. NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Ken Buesseler of the Woods Hole Oceanographic …
Central Valley Chinook Are Getting Lost on Their Way Home
Across California’s Central Valley, more and more salmon are getting lost as they migrate back to their spawning grounds. The culprit is a conservation tactic …
Freshwater fish highlight escalating climate impacts on species
A new assessment released by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reveals that numerous species of fish worldwide are at risk of extinction. …
Rotenone Plan Aims to Trade Wilderness Rainbows for Cutthroat
After Custer Gallatin National Forest issued a decision to kill off rainbow trout with rotenone north of Yellowstone, a Montana group filed a lawsuit against …
Fish out of water: North American drought bakes salmon
Biologists warn that an unprecedented drought across much of British Columbia, Canada, and Washington and Oregon, U.S., during the summer and fall months of June …
New Year, New Fish
If, like us, you’re a Seattle Kraken fan, you know that when the team wins on home ice, the game’s three stars toss a stuffed …
Does voluntary conservation work?
Can pre-listing conservation save the last native population of Arctic grayling in the Lower 48? The Montana population of the Arctic grayling was designated as …
A healthy brook trout population equals a healthy stream
Brook Trout are ecologically significant, if only as the proverbial canary in the coal mine. Because they require a pristine, stable habitat with excellent water …
What do fish do when the water gets too hot?
Cold-water fish like trout have a strategy for surviving extreme heat—moving into thermal refuges. Thermal refuges are areas in a river where colder water discharges …