Under the terms of a settlement agreement, there could soon be new federal protections for the Chinook, the largest of all ...

A federal judge has given NOAA four months to make a Endangered Species Act listing determination for two distinct ...

By comparison, Chinook salmon feed higher up, spend many years in the ocean, and are the largest of the Pacific salmon species. These differences influence the amounts of contaminants each species ...

Following a lawsuit filed by a coalition of conservation groups, a U.S. district court has set deadlines for NOAA Fisheries ...

The National Marine Fisheries Service, or NOAA Fisheries, will determine whether spring-run Chinook salmon in the Pacific ...

Kevin Lester, a geographic information systems specialist who worked on the project, said the idea came about due to the ...

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray pledges to block the $1.3 billion in cuts to NOAA, which would eliminate funding for the Pacific ...

On recommendation from CDFW and industry, the National Marine Fisheries Service took in-season action to close the remaining ...

The Umpqua River, along with Smith and North Fork Smith rivers, has special regulations this fall due to low returns of both ...

Nonresident anglers fishing in state and federal waters can't retain any chinook salmon that they catch in Southeast Alaska between July 7 and when the season ends Sept. 30, the ...

This photo series capturing efforts to save the Chinook salmon of the Klamath river in the western US won the New Scientist Editors Award at the Earth Photo 2025 competition ...

Chinook salmon, also known as "king salmon," is the largest and most valuable of all Pacific salmon species. (Photo by Conrad Gowell via Native Fish Society) PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — In a move ...