Sockeye sock out ESPN By Robert Montgomery September 8, 2010 For the first time since 2007, anglers fished for Chinook salmon along California's coast. Still, there was not much enthusiasm for t...

Sockeye fishing cut off to protect coho BC Local News By Jeff Nagel September 7, 2010 Most commercial fishing of this year's record run of Fraser River sockeye salmon has been halted to conserve m...

Fraser River whopper sockeye salmon run even bigger The Seattle Times By Hal Bernton September 1, 2010 A forecast released Tuesday by the Pacific Salmon Commission predicts some 34 million fish wi...

DFO faces criticism after record salmon run FIS August 30, 2010 With the biggest sockeye salmon run in 100 years, many depending on the fishery are reaping the benefits. The Department of Fisherie...

Largest salmon run in almost a century News 1130 By Lyle Fisher August 28, 2010 The number of sockeye salmon expected to swim up the Fraser River continues to grow, while prices continue to drop...

Salmon run reminds us we know little about the fishery Vancouver Sun August 27, 2010 If there is one word that defines the science that underpins the way we manage our salmon fishery, it is "unexp...

Fraser sockeye returns reach 100-year record FIS August 25, 2010 British Columbia's (BC) Fraser River will receive the largest sockeye salmon return since 1913 at more than 25 million fish, the De...

Sawtooth Basin sockeye salmon return highest since 1955 The Columbia Basin Bulletin August 20, 2010 Sockeye salmon returns to Idaho's Sawtooth Basin have risen to the highest levels since 1955 whe...

Fraser sockeye salmon fishery opens FIS August 16, 2010 British Columbia's (BC) Fraser River commercial sockeye salmon fishery opened for the first time since 2006 earlier this month. Gillnetters ...

Flotilla takes aim at salmon farming Times Colonist By Judith Lavoie August 8, 2010 First Nations and salmon farm opponents will take to the water this fall to galvanize public support for ending ...

Fraser River sockeye salmon fishery opens CBC News August 5, 2010 The commercial sockeye salmon fishery on B.C.'s Fraser River is opening for the first time in four years. Commercial fishers hai...

Group seeks opinion on new water standards Courthouse News Service By Karina Brown August 4, 2010 Two federal agencies never finished their assessment of whether new water quality standards for to...

Alaska salmon season update FIS August 4, 2010 Alaska's 2010 summer salmon season kicked off on 13 May and will run through October. Alaskans project to harvest 137 million wild Alaska salmon duri...

Sockeye salmon run sets record for Columbia River The Oregonian By Quinton Smith August 1, 2010 Although there are 100 or so stragglers every day and it will only be "official" in a week or so, th...

Computer modeling contributes to increases in sockeye The Columbia Basin Bulletin July 30, 2010 The stars have been aligned to produce recent years' surge in sockeye returns to the Columbia River ...

Popular Lake Wenatchee sockeye fishery opens Sunday The Seattle Times By Mark Yuasa July 29, 2010 The sockeye salmon runs around Washington continue to wax expectations, and this time Lake Wenatch...

Hatchery could boost Idaho's sockeye Bellingham Herald July 28, 2010 Idaho Fish and Game and the Bonneville Power Administration recently bought a mothballed hatchery that could help recover a uni...

Record number of sockeye salmon at Washington dam The Wenatchee World By Mike Irwin July 26, 2010 Eleven-year-old Alana Riedel watched a salmon that was just about her size swim past Rocky Reach D...

World's biggest red salmon fishery wraps up Fish Factor By Laine Welch July 24, 2010 Fishermen are happy as they wrap up the world's biggest red salmon fishery at Bristol Bay. Even though the catc...

New hatchery to rebuild snake river sockeye The Columbia Basin Bulletin July 23, 2010 The Idaho Department of Fish and Game this week completed its purchase of a former southeast Idaho trout hatch...

Salmon receiving another lift from Puget Sound Energy Financial Post July 14, 2010 Puget Sound Energy recently completed construction of a new fish hatchery and an advanced upstream trap-and-haul ...

Fraser River sockeye certified sustainable The Globe and Mail By Wendy Stueck July 12, 2010 An independent adjudicator has upheld an assessment of the Fraser River sockeye salmon fishery, clearing...

Columbia River runs well above average OPB News By Geoff Norcross July 12, 2010 Biologists say the numbers of salmon and steelhead heading up the Columbia River are well above average. Officials...

Sockeye count easily surpasses 1947 record run The Columbia Basin Bulletin July 9, 2010 Sockeye salmon continue to zoom up and over the lower Columbia River's Bonneville Dam where they are now set...

There's been good news on fish during last decade The Oregonian July 8, 2010 Over the years it's become bad form in the Northwest to say out loud anything positive about the status of threatened s...

With numbers up, sockeye season may hit Columbia The News Tribune By Ron Newberry June 23, 2010 Larger than expected counts of sockeye salmon could mean that anglers will get a chance to catch tho...

Fish and Game halts Russian River setnet program KTUU News By Lori Tipton June 20, 2010 The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is stopping a cost-recovery setnet program on the Russian River. Th...

Protecting weak stocks may be key to salmon recovery The Globe and Mail By Mark Hume June 2, 2010 A new U.S. study on sockeye shows the salmon fishing strategy for British Columbia needs to be reo...

Sockeye anglers hopeful on Cedar River hatchery The Seattle Times By Mark Yuasa May 8, 2010 A recent report has stirred up speculation on whether work can begin soon on a permanent Cedar River soc...

Salmon, steelhead responding to underwater tower The Columbia Basin Bulletin April 30, 2010 Young fish that have long been waiting for an exit are suddenly streaming into the newly created fish co...

B.C. brings fish farming sea lice data out into open Digital Journal By Stephanie Dearing March 3, 2010 British Columbia - Environmental groups have been trying to obtain information about sea lic...

Migratory fish show big comeback on the Columbia The News Tribune By John Trumbo December 31, 2009 This year may be remembered for the big comeback of the Columbia River's migratory fish. Coho s...

West coast salmon troubles Health News Digest December 19, 2009 West coast salmon runs have been in decline for decades, stemming largely from the damming of rivers and the pollution throughout th...

A strategic plan for wild salmon? Pacific Free Press By Alexandra Morton December 13, 2009 At the National Aquaculture Strategic Action Plan Initiative meeting in Campbell River, Grieg Seafood...

Climate change played key role in sockeye collapse The Canadian Press By Tamsyn Burgmann Devember 10, 2009 VANCOUVER, B.C. - Food-poor, predator-rich ocean waters caused by climate change likely p...

Idaho wants hatchery to increase Snake River sockeye The Columbia Basin Bulletin October 9, 2009 The state of Idaho hopes to soon take a huge step forward in its effort to rebuild a Snake River s...

Obama decision protects NW salmon The San Francisco Chronicle By Steve Wright September 22, 2009 We're seeing encouraging signs for Northwest salmon this year. More than 700 Snake River sockeye h...

Hotter water linked to poor sockeye returns Straight.com By Carlito Pablo August 27, 2009 A UBC fisheries expert's warning from the 1990s now sounds prophetic with this summer's poor returns of Fr...

Snake River sockeye swim back from the brink KUOW News August 20, 2009 The most endangered run of Pacific salmon is beating the odds this summer. You can't get any closer to extinction than Snake ...

Millions of salmon disappear from Canadian river Reuters By Rod Nickel August 13, 2009 Millions of sockeye salmon have disappeared mysteriously from a river on Canada's Pacific Coast that was once...

Sockeye salmon numbers crash Vancouver Sun By David Karp July 27, 2009 What was supposed to be a bountiful year for the Fraser River sockeye salmon fishery -- the height of the four-year cycle -- ...

Over 1,000 Snake River sockeye reach lower granite The Columbia Basin Bulletin July 17, 2009 Last year's huge adult Snake River sockeye salmon run sent Columbia River fishery scientists scurrying ...

Lake Washington's sockeye run may hit a record low The Seattle Times By Lynda V. Mapes July 4, 2009 Lake Washington's sockeye run is a virtual no-show so far this year, with one of the lowest retu...

Columbia River sockeye returns still strong The Seattle Times By Mark Yuasa June 30, 2009 The Columbia River sockeye return remains fairly strong for the second year in a row. "It continues to r...

Sockeye salmon runs looking up on the Fraser River The Vancouver Sun By Larry Pynn June 23, 2009 After two low years of salmon runs, the federal fisheries department is predicting improved sockeye...

Colder ocean water was good for salmon last year The Seattle Times By Mark Yuasa June 23, 2009 Like most of the waters off the West Coast, the Pacific Ocean off British Columbia was super salmon-f...

Ocean conditions key in big 2008 sockeye return The Columbia Basin Bulletin February 13, 2009 A huge and unexpected return of sockeye salmon to the Columbia River basin last year was most likely c...

Outdoors Notebook: Outlook good for summer salmon returns The Seattle Times By Mark Yuasa January 4, 2009 While spring and summer may feel like an eternity from now, state Fish and Wildlife unveil...

Willamette spring chinook fishery on horizon The Oregonian By Bill Monroe December 19, 2008 The early Christmas present could not have been more timely. Steve Williams, deputy fish division admi...

B.C. salmon placed on threatened species list Vancouver 24 Hours By Matt Kieltyka October 7, 2008 Advocates for wild salmon conservation in B.C. were dealt another blow yesterday as the Internati...

This Year's Colder Ocean Conditions Off NW Coast Good News For Salmon Growth The Columbian Basin Bulletin September 12, 2008 The physical and biological ocean conditions that greeted young salmon ...

Stuart sockeye headed to extinction The Vancouver Sun By Scott Simpson February 20, 2008 VANCOUVER - Climate change is pushing two prized Fraser River sockeye salmon populations towards extinction...