Salmon Derbies Flounder Under Stricter Chinook Regulations
Salmon fishing derbies award prizes for the biggest fish and raise significant money for conservation. But imminent new rules on sport fishing may put an …
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Steelhead ill-served by ‘edited’ science
Last year, provincial and federal scientists and contractors collaborated to draft a stock recovery assessment of Interior Fraser River steelhead trout. Forty-two experts from government, …
Fish in Tubes
While firing live fish through the air may be rich fodder for late-night television, there are a surprising number of situations where salmon and other …
The Secret Lives of Salmon: Plastics, whales and a freezer on the open ocean
On the North Pacific Ocean more than 1,000 kilometers from the nearest human settlement, the Russian research vessel Kaganovsky is finding evidence that our polluting …
Japan’s Most Expensive Tuna | $3.1Million
In January 2019 a single tuna was sold for a staggering $3.1m.
Major fish recovery project gives boost to cutthroat and bull trout
A few years ago there were no native westslope cutthroat trout in a 5-mile stretch of Cee Cee Auh Creek of northeast Washington. This summer, …
A Lean Year for Orcas and Fishermen
Most Washington state salmon returns predicted to be worse than last year. Fisheries professionals are working to set fishing seasons on both sides of the …
Will B.C.’s wild salmon strategy be a boon or bust?
Efforts to create a made-in-B.C. strategy to assure the future abundance of wild salmon is off to a rocky start — marred by rushed consultations …
Record cocaine levels in Thames probably not making fish high
Londoners’ cocaine habit may show no signs of lessening, but the high levels of the drug detected in the Thames is not harming its wildlife, an expert has said. …
Idaho to study how wild steelhead survive catch and release
In an effort to get a better picture of how wild steelhead are affected by fishing, the University of Idaho and Idaho Department of Fish …