Karuk Tribe seeks to list Klamath River salmon as endangered
A once bountiful run of Klamath River salmon now teetering near the edge of extinction could gain protections under the federal Endangered Species Act based …
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Northern Pike Further Invading the Columbia RIver
The Columbia River is beyond fubared. Despite a tribal gillnetting effort and a sportfishing bounty, non-native northern pike continue their downstream invasion of the Columbia …
Native fish reintroduction project begins on Yellowstone’s upper Gibbon River
Starting next week, Yellowstone National Park staff will take action to eliminate non-native rainbow trout, brook trout and lake-dwelling grayling from the upper Gibbon …
Fish Are Eating Small Bits of Plastic Because It Smells Delicious
Hold the anchovies. Each year, our civilization pours around eight million tons of plastic into the ocean, a portion of which ends up in the bellies …
Columbia summer steelhead in even worse shape than thought
An unprecedentedly low summer steelhead run on the Columbia River took a dramatic turn downward Monday when biologists from Oregon and Washington said the front …
Norwegian police to investigate ‘fish mafia’
Police in Norway are set to open investigations into what authorities suspect to be illegal releases of pike fish at several locations in the country. …
Walleye in the Deschutes River
The hits just keep on coming. Remarkably, there are now walleye in the lower Deschutes River. As far as anyone is aware, this has never …
Oregon warns Willamette steelhead face extinction if sea lions’ feast continues
If sea lions continue their underwater buffet below Willamette Falls, they could push winter steelhead trout to the brink of extinction, state officials warned Monday. …
Two Sockeye Salmon Make It Back To Stanley So Far
The first two sockeye salmon to make it home from the Pacific Ocean in 2017 have arrived in the Stanley Basin. It’s a rough year …
Canadians Are the First to Eat Genetically Modified Salmon
A US company has sold nearly five tons of genetically-engineered Atlantic salmon fillets in Canada, marking the world’s first sale of GM fish for human …