A battle over Alaska Native fishing rights heats up
When salmon all but vanished from western Alaska in 2021, thousands of people in the region faced disaster. Rural families lost a critical food source. …
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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 …
Fish out of water: North American drought bakes salmon
Biologists warn that an unprecedented drought across much of British Columbia, Canada, and Washington and Oregon, U.S., during the summer and fall months of June …
New Year, New Fish
If, like us, you’re a Seattle Kraken fan, you know that when the team wins on home ice, the game’s three stars toss a stuffed …
As Glaciers Retreat, Mining Companies Stake Claims In New Salmon Habitat
The retreat of glaciers along the B.C.-Alaska border opens up thousands of new kilometers of potential salmon habitat and could offer a refuge from hotter …
Schools of salmon and more illegal fishing gear
The Aquatic Monkey jumps back into one of his favorite swimming spots to hang out with salmon and clean out some of the illegal fishing …
How Far Will Salmon Swim for a Craft Beer?
Oregon researchers hope a surprising aroma will lure stray salmon back to their home hatcheries. If scientists at the Oregon Hatchery Research Center have their …
The Living Estuary: Pacific Salmon
How do British Columbia’s estuaries give young salmon the best chance at survival in the open ocean?
I Am Salmon
An evocative poem about humanity as told by a transcendent fish.
EPA seeks to protect salmon and steelhead from 4 pesticides
The US Environmental Protection Agency has put restrictions on four pesticides to save endangered Pacific salmon and steelhead species from extinction. The new mitigation measures, …