First Salmon Return to the Upper Elwha in 102 Years
Following an observation by a fisheries biologist and member of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe of a possible Chinook salmon in the former Lake Mills, …
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Trump official’s flounder ruling clouds Atlantic coast fish conservation
Fishery managers and conservationists say the ripple effect of a controversial Trump administration decision to let more “fluke” be caught in New Jersey may impact …
Warm waters off West Coast has lingering effects for salmon
The mass of warm water known as “the blob” that heated up the North Pacific Ocean has dissipated, but scientists are still seeing the lingering …
Saving Canada’s Wild Salmon Policy
When Canada’s Policy for Conservation of Wild Pacific Salmon was announced in 2005, it was hailed as a major step forward for fisheries management in …
Deadly Fish Virus Spreading in Pacific Northwest
A highly contagious virus that can be lethal to juvenile fish represents a major threat to local conservation efforts and the fishing industry in the …
First Tarpon Caught off El Salvador
Atlantic tarpon in the Pacific are marching north as a tarpon caught off El Salvador, more than 800 miles north of the Panama Canal, proves.Saca …
‘We’ve been managing salmon wrong for about 125 years’
Biologists Rick Williams and Jim Lichatowich and their co-authors challenge the basis of salmon management for the past century. They argue that reliance on hatcheries, indiscriminate …
Climate Change Could Cause Fish to Shrink
In the coming decades, warming ocean temperatures could stunt the growth of fish by as much as 30 percent, according to a new study in the journal Global …
FWP monitoring recent fish deaths in Yellowstone River
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is closely monitoring recent discoveries of dead fish along the upper Yellowstone River. Official test results won’t be available until …
How Climate Change Canceled the Grizzly Salmon Run
On an Alaskan island, one of nature’s greatest spectacles is shutting down due to a warming climate, as brown bears abandon fish in favor of …