Washington Intercepts Tugboat At Watercraft Inspection Station Carrying 21 Gallons Of Invasive Mussels, Largest Volume From One Boat In 7 Years
February 7th, 2025
Two tugboats infested with quagga and zebra mussels were intercepted last month at the Spokane watercraft inspection station.
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Return Of Columbia River Smelt ( ESA-Listed 15 Years Ago)This Year Expected To Be Close To 10-Year Average; Limited, Tentative Fishery Announced
January 19th, 2025
Expecting a slightly smaller run of eulachon (smelt) into the mainstem Columbia River this year than last year – about 8.6 million pounds – the two-state Columbia River Compact adopted a limited three-day-a-week commercial gillnet test fishery. The decision allows gillnetters using small mesh nets to fish for the threatened species in Zones 1 to 3 (roughly from the Astoria Megler Bridge to Puget Island).
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Study Finds 56 Percent Of Caspian Tern Colony On Washington State Island Killed By Avian Flu, Some Had Relocated From Columbia River Estuary
November 18th, 2024
An epidemiological study found that 56% of a large breeding colony of Caspian terns died from a 2023 outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at Rat Island in Washington state.
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States Set 2025 Columbia River Sturgeon Retention Seasons; Expect High Effort, Short Seasons
November 18th, 2024
Oregon and Washington fishery managers set dates and harvest guidelines for recreational white sturgeon retention in pools backed up behind Bonneville, The Dalles and John Day dams.
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WDFW Opens Hatchery Steelhead Fishing In Areas Of Upper Columbia For First Time In 9 Years, 2024 Returns Exceed Wild Fish Escapement Goals
October 18th, 2024
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that steelhead fishing will open in select areas of the Upper Columbia this month. This marks the first time in nine years that anglers can enjoy fishing for hatchery steelhead in these waters.
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Conservation Groups Settle Lawsuit With WDFW Over Lower Columbia River Hatcheries, Litigation Continues With NOAA, ODFW
September 28th, 2024
A lawsuit contending that lower Columbia River hatcheries downstream of Bonneville Dam are a threat to wild salmon and steelhead listed under the federal Endangered Species Act was settled in part last week.
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WDFW Research Shows Fatal White-Nose Syndrome In Bats Continues To Spread, 11 New Counties In 2024
September 13th, 2024
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and research partners documented white-nose syndrome and the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in eleven new counties in 2024.