A recovery plan was adopted in 2015 and has continued to help protect species in the Snake River.
Bacterial Coldwater Disease threatens wild and hatchery-raised fish of all species, though its impact on salmonids in the past few years has been particularly notable. BCWD impacts salmonids at a higher rate than other wild or farmed...
Native American tribes in Washington and Idaho are hoping to restore salmon runs above the Grand Coulee Dam, according to the Associated Press. They are proposing a feasibility study to judge how successful any potential restoration can...
Recent research is upending widely held views about the habitats that suit salmon and trout best, according to the California Water Blog.
Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, are partnering with salmon experts around Alaska to make it easier to share findings about the fish, according to a release.
The U.S. EPA has proposed limitations to protect a highly valuable salmon fishery in Bristol Bay, Alaska, according to WaterWorld. The fishery is under threat, officials say, by a large-scale mining effort at the Pebble deposit there.
Increasing light pollution and the invasion of predatory fish like walleye or pikes have made Lake Washington less hospitable for sockeye salmon. Some conservationists believe that replenishing sockeye in the lake is an impossible task. Unfortunately, increasing...
PCB concentrations Lake Michigan Chinook and coho salmon have declined over the past 35 years, though the drop has slowed since the mid-1980s, according to a new study. Recent declines may be more than just the result...
Wild coho salmon seem to have a keen eye for mates, while their hatchery-reared brethren don’t fare as well when picking partners. New research from Oregon State University shows that wild coho prefer mates with different disease-resistant...
California’s drought crisis, now in its third year with little sign of relief, isn’t just a problem for farmers and suburbanites with lawn problems. Millions of trout are heading for cooler waters with the help of California...
Death in nature is never a matter of existential concern, but rather a means of resource reallocation. A new study from Simon Fraser University and the Raincoast Conservation Foundation shows how juvenile coho salmon participate in this...
Alaska’s waterways are warming, and anglers and the salmon they’re after have reason to worry. Five years of temperature data from 48 streams throughout the Cook Inlet reveal a warming trend that is placing plenty of stress...
Predictions that fishes living in cold mountain streams were set to suffer massive extinctions thanks to climate change have turned out to be wrong, according to new research led by scientists at the U.S. Forest Service.
Since the 1990s, billions of dollars have been invested in works across the United States to improve stream health for fish. But many of the projects, through a lack of monitoring or recording of basic details, have...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources began tracking the levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in Lake Michigan salmon in 1975. That was two years before their use and manufacture was banned in the United States.
Like many commercial waterfronts, Seattle’s Elliott Bay has been built to withstand the natural forces of erosion. This has come with the addition of structures like concrete seawalls and piles of riprap, most of which were put...
At least 50 percent of chinook salmon found in Lake Michigan over the last five years have been naturally reproduced, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Chinooks have shown that they are very good at producing large...
The effects of ocean acidification on fish have been widely studied, but investigations looking at the impacts of freshwater acidification have been fewer and far between.
Scientists at the University of British Columbia studying the effects of acidification have found that freshwater fish may be vulnerable just like fish in the ocean, according to a release. The investigation is in contrast to many...
Anadromous fish, such as salmon, sturgeon and striped bass, travel between freshwater and marine habitats at various points in their life, making them difficult species to track and study.