NOAA Issues New EIS, BiOp To Allow Summer, Winter SE Alaska Chinook Troll Fishery Halted By Federal Judge In May
October 8th, 2024
Commercial troll fishermen in Southeast Alaska may soon be able to again legally fish for Chinook salmon in waters off the Alaskan shore. The SE Alaska troll fleet was facing a near shutdown of fishing after a District Court judge in May remanded NOAA Fisheries’ 2019 biological opinion and incidental take statement for the fishery.
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Montana Restarts Efforts To Raise, Stock In Kootenai River Drainage State’s Only Native Rainbow Trout, Redbands
July 17th, 2024
Montana’s only native rainbow trout is making a comeback in the northwest corner of the state.
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Bass Predation Primary Reason For Struggling Wild Chinook In Oregon River, ODFW Allowing Spearfishing To Remove The Invasive Fish
July 4th, 2024
Spearfishing for bass is allowed on southwest Oregon’s Coquille River through Oct. 31. Spears, spear guns and angling with bait to take smallmouth bass is allowed, and there are no harvest size or limits.
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Southern Resident Killer Whales In Poor Condition, ‘Vulnerable’; WDFW Asks All Boaters To Give Struggling, ESA-Listed Orcas Space
July 4th, 2024
For the fourth year in a row, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife issued an emergency rule requiring commercial whale-watching vessels to stay at least one-half nautical mile away from vulnerable Southern Resident killer whales (SRKW) this summer.
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Canada Says Will Ban British Columbia Open Net-Pen Salmon Aquaculture By 2029, Developing Transition Plan For ‘Closed Containment’
June 21st, 2024
Aimed at protecting wild Pacific salmon, Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, announced this week that the Canadian Government will ban open net-pen salmon aquaculture in British Columbia coastal waters by June 30, 2029.
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States Give Anglers Upstream Of Bonneville Dam Another Shot At Spring Chinook, Set Summer/Fall Chinook Seasons
June 7th, 2024
Oregon and Washington fisheries managers of the Compact gave recreational anglers upstream of Bonneville Dam another chance to catch spring Chinook salmon from the dam to the two-state border.
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New Genetic Study Shows Heavy Fishing During Early Part Of Season Can Result In Younger, Smaller Salmon
May 31st, 2024
A new genetic study found that heavy fishing in the early part of the fishing season may result in younger and smaller Atlantic salmon.
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Harvest Managers Allow More Spring Chinook Fishing Below Bonneville Dam
May 31st, 2024
Oregon and Washington this week gave anglers downstream of Bonneville Dam the go-ahead to continue spring Chinook fishing through June 15, beginning June 1, despite a predicted downturn in the forecasted run.
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States Reopen Spring Chinook Fishing Below Bonneville Dam, Still Closed Above; Allow 12 Hours Commercial Gillnetting On Mainstem
May 17th, 2024
Recreational anglers will return to the Columbia River to fish for spring Chinook salmon beginning today, May 17, for a total of 10 additional fishing days through June 15, but only downstream of Bonneville Dam.