salmon

Approximately 1 million young Chinook salmon have died at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW)’s Samish Hatchery near Burlington after a mechanical failure at 1 a.m. on Monday morning, April 29.

A total of $7,050,722 is available to Oregon to address poor performance of Oregon's ocean commercial salmon fisheries for 2018, 2019, and 2020.

What might have started as a simple act of vandalism has resulted in the loss of over 18,000 young salmon in Oregon.

A tragic incident on the Duckabush River in Jefferson County resulted in the loss of a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife employee.

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is boasting about the success of its chum salmon hatchery program this year at the Nooksack River.

Juvenile Chinook salmon traveling downstream had a survival rate of almost 94 percent while almost 100 percent of adult fish traveling back upstream survived.

Legislators reiterated the importance of the dams on river commerce, agriculture and energy production.

Newhouse said that his bill would continue supporting fish populations, stating that they are finding creative solutions to ensure fish species thrive while keeping the dams.

According to the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife, fishery managers have developed options for the state’s ocean salmon fisheries that reflect improved forecasts for some key Columbia River Chinook stocks.  This also marks the 2nd consecutive year of large forecasts for hatchery coho returning to the Columbia River.  The Pacific F...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife closed all fishing in the Nooksack River, including all forks, this weekend.  The closure will remain in place until further notice.   WDFW said hatchery steelhead returns to the Kendall Creek Hatchery on the North Fork Nooksack are well short of broodstock needs.  Prohibiting ...