Changes at Nevada dam to help Lahontan trout
Officials for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife Service and Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe broke ground Tuesday for a $23.5 million fish-passage project …
Tagfish in the news
To “save” endangered salmon, scientists use 20-year-old frozen sperm
Another half baked idea to try to improve the quality and genetic diversity of hatchery salmon. In an effort to get a wide range of …
Steelhead forecast grows more grim
A group of state, tribal and federal salmon managers has downgraded the expected return of steelhead to the Columbia and Snake rivers. The Technical Advisory …
The stage is set to solve the riddle of the brown trout
The debate over whether brown trout (Salmo trutta) constitute a single species or several may soon be resolved, following the completion of the brown trout …
Scientists Discover Three New Viruses That Infect Endangered Salmon
Scientists from the University of British Columbia, Fisheries and Ocean Canada, and the Pacific Salmon Foundation have discovered three new viruses that infect endangered Chinook and sockeye salmon …
Giant Trevally stomach filled with plastic waste off the Maldives
A fisherman in the Maldives was left stunned after he cut open the giant trevally he’d caught and found them filled with plastic and other …
Guest Column: Virginia Takes Strong Action To Save Striped Bass
Our friend Tom Sadler was kind enough to share this in-depth review of the latest developments on the striped bass front. Virginia takes strong action …
Sweet Virginia
Kudos to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission who voted unanimously to enact emergency regulations for the striped bass fishery. The emergency measures will establish a bag …
7.5 million non-native American shad in Columbia dwarfs salmon returns
American shad, a silvery bullet of a fish whose home waters are on the East Coast of the U.S., migrated into the Columbia River basin …
Loons are stealing anglers’ brook trout
A western Maine lake has more than two dozen loons and the loons are chasing anglers around the lake, grabbing their brook trout after they …