ODFW reports that a hatchery truck carrying 102,000 spring Chinook smolts meant to be released into the Imnaha River crashed on the way instead, killing 25,529, but 77,000 survived and made it into Lookingglass Creek and are expected to boost adult...
Federal salmon overseers say Oregon Coast Chinook face a low risk of extinction, according to a recently concluded deep dive into the health of runs stretching from the Necanicum in the north to the Elk and Sixes in the south....
Another clear warning about walleye expansion up the Snake has been issued by Idaho salmon and steelhead managers, who also unveiled a new focus on addressing nonnative species in that river and the Columbia....
Oregon sportfishing organizations are raising the alarm about "shocking" budget cuts to Willamette Valley salmon and steelhead hatchery programs by the Army Corps of Engineers, including a complete defunding of summer-run production....
State, tribal and federal managers will hold a mid-April meeting on their plan to place bull trout, a native char, in Sullivan Lake in far northern Pend Oreille County. They say it wouldn't affect activities on the lake, but may lead...
WDFW announces that blackmouth fishing off Seattle, Bremerton, Shoreline and elsewhere will close as Marine Area 10 encounter limits have been reached. Year-round piers remain open, as does Area 11 to the south....
Federal agencies are one step closer to reintroducing grizzly bears into Washington's North Cascades via a nonessential population, or 10(j), designation that would give managers more latitude in dealing with Ursus arctos horribilis conflicts....
It's not just all razor clams and Dungeness crabs when it comes to Washington shellfishing – there are good opportunities for steamer clams, oysters and mussels this time of year, thanks to spring daytime low tides and ongoing seasons or the...
ODFW biologists are putting satellite pop-off tags on 10 Rogue and Chetco adult winter steelhead after they've spawned to track them for 180 days on their journey back out into the Pacific....
ODFW reports it has disposed of about 160,000 8- to 10-inch rainbows that were being raised at Klamath Falls, Rock Creek and Elk River hatcheries to stop the spread of a new parasite; loss will be backfilled with 104,000 surplus trout....
Washington's Fish and Wildlife Commission today again did not reach a decision on moving forward on cougar rulemaking that could be implemented as soon as this hunting season, kicking the can down the road – but only a few short weeks....