Bering Sea Salmon: NOAA Denies Request For Emergency Action To End Chinook Bycatch In Pollock Fishery, Did Not Meet Criteria

Washington’s Wolf Population Keeps Growing At About 23 Percent A Year; In 2023, Count Showed 42 Packs, 260 Wolves

To Stay Within ESA Harvest Constraints, Columbia River Spring Chinook Fishing Closed Until At Least Mid-May Run Update; Low Idaho Return Expected

Status Report: Though Some SW Washington Steelhead, Salmon Populations Under ESA Show Improved Numbers Since Listing, None Anywhere Near Recovery

Fish Family Tree: McKenzie River Study Shows Reproductive Success For First Generation, Wild-Born Descendants Of Hatchery Chinook Salmon

Oregon Annual Wolf Report Shows No Population Growth For First Time In 16 Years; ‘The Amount Of Poaching, Other Suspicious Deaths Alarming’

Though Angler Effort High, With Low Catch Rates And Late Arriving Run, Lower Columbia River Spring Chinook Fishing Extended

Sea Lion Trapping Begins; 2023 Pinniped Report Notes Predation Impacts To ESA Steelhead Twice As Severe Compared To Spring Chinook

NOAA Releases Status Review For Oregon Coast/Northern California Chinook, Low To Moderate Risk Of Extinction; Listing Decision Coming

As Part Of Commitment To Columbia Basin Salmon Recovery, Administration Allocates $60 Million To Address Climate Change, Hatchery Repairs

Final Federal EIS Proposes Establishment Of Experimental Grizzly Bear Population In North Cascades National Park

Invasive Walleye Moving Higher Into Snake River Basin, Threatening Wild, Hatchery Stocks Of Juvenile Salmon, Steelhead, Lamprey

This Year’s West Coast Ocean Salmon Fishing Alternatives Reflect Expected Low Abundance Of ESA-Listed Salmon Stocks, In-Season Cuts Possible

Gas Bubble Disease In Klamath River Leads To Large Mortality Of Fall-Run Chinook Salmon Fry Released From Hatchery

States Set Early, Cautious Dates For Spring Chinook Angling On Columbia River; Impacts To Struggling Wild Snake River Fish Limiting Factor

Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission Votes To List Southern Resident Orcas As Endangered Under State ESA, Forage Near Mouth Of Columbia

Efforts To Suppress Salmon-Eating Northern Pike In Upper Columbia Successful, But Require Long-Term, Sustained Effort

Domestication Selection: Researchers Use DNA To Examine Genetic Differences Between Hatchery, Wild Chinook Salmon

Snake River Wild Steelhead: Potlatch River Long-Term Steelhead Restoration Plan Improves Juvenile Numbers But Declines In Adult Fish Continue

Harvest Managers Predict 2024 Upriver Spring Chinook Return To Columbia River 15 percent Smaller Than 2023; Expect Drop In Wild Fish To Snake River

Hatcheries: Groups To Sue Over Lower Columbia Hatcheries’ Impacts On Wild Salmon; NOAA Seeks Comments On Expanding Hatcheries To Help Orcas

Harvest Managers Approve Commercial Research Gillnetting for ESA-Listed Columbia River Smelt; If Numbers Good, Recreational Dip-Netting To Follow

Montana Survey Shows Tolerance Of Wolves Way Up Among State’s General Population, Tolerance of Wolf Hunting Down

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