After a mid-season run-size update this week, the two-state Columbia River Compact approved two weekends of additional angling for spring Chinook salmon on the mainstem Columbia River, including angling over the Memorial Day holiday weekend both upstream and downstream of Bonneville Dam. The U.S. v Oregon Technical Advisory Committee for the first time during this…
In response to a petition filed in 2024 by the Wild Fish Conservancy, NOAA Fisheries announced this week that it had completed its status review and 12-month finding for Gulf of Alaska Chinook salmon, determining that listing of three evolutionary significant units of the salmon under the federal Endangered Species Act is not warranted. The…
Following three consecutive years of closure, salmon fishing will return to the Klamath River Basin and Sacramento River for the upcoming summer and fall seasons.
More good news comes for inland anglers with a full season on the Feather, American and Mokelumne rivers after a shortened season in 2025.
A new study by University of Victoria and Pacific Salmon Foundation scientists has uncovered what adult Chinook salmon in the Salish Sea are eating—and revealed diet can differ according to region.
The study, led by UVic PhD student Wesley Greentree and published recently in Fisheries Oceanography, analyzed the contents of salmon stomachs to assess salmon diet. Greentree found that year-round, herring are the most important food for adult Chinook salmon throughout the Salish Sea. Anchovy were often found in stomachs collected near Howe Sound and sand lance were important in Victoria and Sidney.
The Washington Department of Ecology is seeking public input on plans to clean up contamination from the former Columbia Gorge Aluminum smelter near the John Day Dam.
At its May meeting this week the Northwest Power and Conservation Council hashed out the few remaining issues in its draft Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program. However, the Council members continue to be divided over whether the Program should include August spill for salmon, an issue that one member worried could “unravel” the…
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Council Nears Completion Of New Columbia Basin Fish/Wildlife Program With August Spill At Dams A Bone Of Contention
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