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 …
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Years After the Blob, the Pacific Still Doesn’t Look the Same
The 2014–2016 marine heatwave aka the Blob, was one of the most intense marine heatwaves in recorded history, so it makes sense that it had …
Al and Amelia: a Fisherman, a Tag, and a Transatlantic Tuna
Fisherman Al Anderson built an unusual fishing charter business—catch, tag, and release. During his lifetime,he tagged over 60,000 fish, more than any individual in the …
The Living Estuary: Pacific Salmon
How do British Columbia’s estuaries give young salmon the best chance at survival in the open ocean?
Recreational Fishing Industry Ranks the Safety of Right Whales Below Profit
The North Atlantic right whale is particularly vulnerable to boat strikes. Proposed science-backed speed limit reductions could prevent whales from dying in vessel strikes, but …
How Plastic Opens Fish Up to Disease
Higher death rates, bigger viral loads, and more viral shedding—microplastics leave rainbow trout more vulnerable to a common salmonid disease, infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV). …
Making Sense of Menhaden
In the Chesapeake Bay, a fight is raging over a little fish with an outsized importance. Menhaden management has become a flashpoint in the overarching …
River Deltas Are Running Out of Land
Millions of people live on river deltas, occupying land that exists in the delicate balance between a river’s push and the ocean’s pull. Deltas are …
Looking For a Better Way to Scare Seals
By tapping into a nails-on-a-chalkboard-like reflex, scientists are hopeful they’ve found a way to keep seals away from endangered salmon. A new device, called the …
The Controversial Plan to Unleash the Mississippi
Our long history of constraining the river through levees has led to massive land loss in its delta. Can we engineer our way out? And …