Area 13 Opens | Frustrating Answers on Straits & Central Sound
The WDFW announced today that as of tomorrow (Oct 22) Area 13 will open for recreational, selective coho fishing. We welcome this news, but…
Salmon
Puget Sound Coho | Recreationals Still Shut Out
Last year at this time recreational Puget Sound Coho fisheries were still going strong. The creel count from this date last year shows 350+ anglers…
Puyallup River Opens for Coho, Marine Fisheries still CLOSED?
First the good news — the return of coho to the Voights Creek Hatchery has met egg-take goals, and the river has opened for recreational…
Yakima Nation | 14K Sockeye Return to Cle Elum
The Yakima Nation’s efforts to repopulate the Sockeye Run to Lake Cle Elum has achieved record numbers of spawners. Returning fish are being trucked around the…
Restoration | Wallacut River Estuary
Another good story on the restoration of a small chunk of a small Columbia River tributary. The Columbia Land Trust, mitigation money from BPA, and…
$10M Study on Fraser River Salmon Marine Survival
The Tri-City News has kicked off a 7-part series covering research efforts in and around the marine survival of Fraser River/BC salmon. The first article…
Sky, Snohomish, Wallace opening for Coho
The saying is “better late than never”, but in this case we’re still pretty disappointed. Weeks ago we’d heard about tons of fish in the river,…
Tribes Overfishing? Questions Arise
The unprecedented season that has been 2016 continues to reveal the limits of the current co-management of fisheries between the Tribes and the state. The…
Oregon: Environmental DNA Used to Track Fish
Dr. Shaun Clements, research scientist for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, tests the waters of the upper Deschutes River for environmental DNA. Scientists…
Section Of Lower Duwamish-Green To Open For Coho
Part of the Duwamish-Green River will open for coho tomorrow, Sept. 16, state fishery managers announced this afternoon. Source: Section Of Lower Duwamish-Green To Open…