PORTLAND, Ore.— In response to a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity and Pacific Rivers, the National Marine Fisheries Service today made an initial finding that Endangered Species Act ...

Spring Chinook salmon fishing is reopening on the lower Columbia River for two weekends in May and four days in June, it was announced Wednesday, May 15, 2024, by Washington and Oregon fishery ...

A Chinook salmon. (Ryan Hagerty/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) A Washington state-based environmental group says it’s filing a petition asking the Biden administration to list southern Alaska king ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — The Spokane Tribe is celebrating a major milestone in their efforts to return Chinook Salmon to the Upper Spokane River. Salmon conservation and protection is an upstream battle, but ...

The federal agency has been trying to increase the amount of chinook salmon available for an endangered population of killer whales in the Pacific Northwest. NOAA Fisheries started doing something in ...

Aug. 11—The salmon wiggled in the tanks on the back of the truck, throwing water into the sky. A few people standing on the truck bed next to the tanks netted the fish, one at a time, then wrestled ...

Washington has approved a one-day smelt-dipping season Thursday on the Cowlitz River. Dipping will be allowed from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. with a 10-pound limit (approximately a quarter of a five-gallon ...

Restricted spring chinook salmon fishing will begin March 1 in the lower Columbia River and tentatively last through April 5 from Buoy 10 to Bonneville Dam. From the dam upriver to the ...