The North Pacific Fishery Management Council is set to decide next month on how to reduce chum salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea pollock fishery.

"Cooperatives, where a group of fishers work together to catch, market their products, and share the associated costs and ...

The East Bay Municipal Utility District reported this week that more than 10,500 Chinook salmon have returned to the Mokelumne River to spawn during the 2025 fall run. The agency said the returns ...

While NOAA Fisheries blamed climate change for the dramatic decline of the crabs, crabbers said they’ve also been victimized by inaccurate data and poor management decisions. Crabbers and ...

Even though this fishing column was submitted late — there may be one remaining day for sport anglers who may want to submit a public comment to the 2026 Statewide ...

HEATHER WALDMAN EXPLAINS WHAT HAPPENED. WELL, THIS IS THE TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN NATIVE CHINOOK SALMON RETURN FROM THE OCEAN TO THEIR NATIVE RIVERS IN ORDER TO BEGIN SPAWNING SEASON AND THE SALMON ...

Lisa Wilson is a member of the Lummi Indian Business Council and vice chair of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. Courtesy photo The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission needs to adopt an ...

Yanking a salmon out of the Columbia River, fishermen look for a tiny indicator of whether the catch is a keeper. Yanking a salmon out of the Columbia River, fishermen look for a tiny indicator of ...

Dec. 6—A small, spiny fish no one wants to catch has started to appear in trawl nets off the Oregon Coast. Shortbelly rockfish are common off California but were rare in Oregon until recently. Boosted ...