California DFG: Coho salmon identification is critical

The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) reminds sport anglers to be vigilant about properly identifying their salmon before keeping them.

Oregon seeks to kill cormorants to protect endangered salmon

The largest cormorant nesting colony in the West is now on East Sand Island, at the mouth of the Columbia River, where more than 27,000 birds are blamed for eating 22.6 million young salmon last year.

Salmon fishing opens on Icicle

LEAVENWORTH — The spring chinook salmon fishery on Icicle River will open Saturday. The fishery is from the closure signs located 800 feet upstream of the mouth to 500 feet downstream of the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery Barrier Dam. The daily limit is two salmon, minimum size of 12 inches. The fishery is slated to last through July 31.

Panel: Reduced salmon fishing may not help orcas

Reducing fishermen's catch of Chinook salmon may not increase the availability of prey for endangered Puget Sound orcas, a panel of U.S. and Canadian scientists have found.

Wild salmon numbers in decline along Atlantic coast

The number of wild Atlantic salmon in rivers along the Atlantic coast is in sharp decline, and may be deemed an endangered species in the region.