Students study gar with Dularge fisherman Dail Comet By Nikki Buskey August 28, 2010 Gore splatters the plywood of Ricky Verrett's makeshift dock on Bayou Dularge as the science gets under way. Ve...

Freshwater fish eyes: great home for parasites Science Daily June 22, 2010 The limited immune response in the eyes of freshwater fishes has created a great home for parasites, according to researc...

Study: Columbia River mussel growth The Columbia Basin Bulletin February 19, 2010 No one wants non-native, invasive zebra or quagga mussels anywhere near the Columbia River basin. So researchers h...

Libby Dam spill test to help white sturgeon The Western News By Brad Fuqua December 24, 2009 As far as biologists can tell, fewer than 500 adults remain among the population of white sturgeon in t...

Cured fish eggs harmful to salmon, steelhead The Columbia Basin Bulletin December 18, 2009 A recent study by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife confirms that some commercially-available cu...

Are large dams altering extreme weather patterns? Live Science By Charles Q. Choi December 3, 2009 Large dams may cause shifting regional weather extremes. This finding is causing scientists to ...

Fish biologists studying the happy return of wild coho The Oregonian By Abby Haight November 28, 2009 State fisheries officials have captured the record-setting return of wild-born coho salmon to...

Thousands of strange sea creatures discovered Live Science By Charles Q. Choi November 22, 2009 The deep sea is teeming with thousands of species that have never known sunlight, explorers now say....

Project tests methods to improve monitoring The Columbia Basin Bulletin November 20, 2009 The eternal quest to determine how, and if, habitat restoration actions affect the status of imperiled Col...

Bull trout survey in flathead basin, redd counts down The Columbia Basin Bulletin November 13, 2009 Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has finished its annual survey of bull trout reproduction in th...

Scientists to study California irrigation practices McClatchy By Michael Doyle November 10, 2009 Some of the nation's most esteemed scientists will review recent environmental decisions that have ...

California's great white sharks are a distinct population Mongabay By Jeremy Hance November 4, 2009 Researchers have long thought that white sharks migrated across oceans, but a new study in the P...

Farmed salmon capable of eating wild fish Tmes Colonist By Judith Lavoie October 28, 2009 A wild Pacific salmon smolt found in the stomach of an Atlantic salmon on the lam shows escaped farm fish ...

Ocean science goes deep Nature News By Daniel Cressey October 14, 2009 Fuelled by more than $100 million from the US economic stimulus package, an unprecedented network of underwater surveillance ...

S.F. Bay's slide in mud worries scientists The San Francisco Chronicle By Kelly Zito October 5, 2009 Millions of tons of sand and clay that Gold Rush miners scoured from the Sierra Nevada have fin...

New underwater robot named Beagle American Fisheries Scociety By Gus Rassam September 25, 2009 The Nature Conservancy announced today the winner of a national online competition to help name its n...

Fish farm boom strains wild stock, study finds MSNBC September 9, 2009 More and more fish are being raised on farms before they end up on dinner plates around the world. Aquaculture, or the cultur...

Scoping out sardines: project checking numbers Monterey Herald By Daniel Lopez September 9, 2009 Pacific sardines are being harvested and photographed from Monterey to the Canadian border in hopes...

OSU will help coordinate global ocean observation The Oregonian By Carrie Sturrock September 08, 2009 The health of the world's oceans is in the news these days as scientists try to better underst...

Bodega Bay scientists weigh impact of ocean acid The Press Democrat By Bob Norberg September 6, 2009 The danger from increasing levels of acid in the ocean, which could devastate California's shel...

How will warmer oceans affect sea life? Scientific American By David Biello August 25, 2009 This June, the world's oceans reached 17 degrees Celsius, their highest average temperature since record...

Seagulls menace endangered salmon Discovery News By Michael Reilly August 4, 2009 Rising seagull populations are laying siege to endangered salmon in central California, according to a new study. ...

Marine robot to explore ocean's depths Sideways News August 4, 2009 Environmental group Nature Conservancy is using a new underwater robot to investigate areas off the Californian coast that are b...

Researchers set sail for the pacific garbage patch San Jose Mercury News By Paul Rogers August 3, 2009 Hoping to learn more about one of the most glaring examples of waste and environmental pollut...

West coast groundfish fishery fares well in review OPB News By Tom Banse August 3, 2009 Twenty-one scientists on five continents reevaluated a projected collapse of ocean seafood fishing globally....

Efforts to rebuild fisheries reaping benefits The Columbia Basin Bulletin July 31, 2009 An international team of scientists with divergent views on ocean ecosystems has found that efforts to rebui...

Urban pesticide use is poisoning waterways The Modesto Bee August 2, 2009 A study of Northern California waterways has made some troubling discoveries about a widely used group of pesticides and t...

Computer models improve salmon passage Treehugger By Michael Graham Richard July 27, 2009 Many populations of Chinook Salmon are endangered, and hydropower dams are not making things betters. But ...

Marine pest species costing billions in damage Science Daily July 26, 2009 Marine pest species costing billions in damage to fisheries, coastal communities and infrastructure are spreading as the ...

Alaska fish counters weigh the scales Fairbanks Daily News-Miner By Tim Mowry July 19, 2009 FAIRBANKS - Like a ghost, the fish appeared out of nowhere, but it didn't escape the polarized eye of Vi...

Ocean tracking project garners data on salmon The Columbia Basin Bulletin July 10, 2009 A first-ever sampling of juvenile salmon survival during the initial leg of their ocean journey would indica...

Warning on trout hatcheries could force changes San Francisco Chronicle By Peter Fimrite July 5, 2009 Hatchery-raised steelhead trout pass on genetic defects that hamper survival of even their wil...

Report details west coast research needs The Columbia Basin Bulletin June 26, 2009 The West Coast critically needs more research about fisheries, ocean health, coastal hazards and climate change -...

Hatchery fish may hurt efforts to sustain wild runs South Lincoln County News By David Stauth June 23, 2009 Steelhead trout that are originally bred in hatcheries are so genetically impaired that,...

Regional impacts of global climate change The Columbia Basin Bulletin June 19, 2009 Climate change is already having visible impacts in the United States, and choices made now will determine the s...

Study, differences between mussels The Columbia Basin Bulletin June 19, 2009 The zebra mussels that have wreaked ecological havoc on the Great Lakes are harder to find these days -- not because th...

Russian River to bolster steelhead population The Press Democrat By Bob Norberg June 16, 2009 Biologists are closely monitoring the water quality in the lagoon that forms at the mouth of the Russi...

Fitness of wild-born offspring of hatchery fish The Columbia Basin Bulletin June 12, 2009 Steelhead trout that are originally bred in hatcheries are so genetically impaired that, even if they surv...

Just add water: Temporary river gets its test The Wenatchee World By Christine Pratt June 9, 2009 CHELAN FALLS - A brand-new river sparkled to temporary life Monday as the Chelan County PUD's $15...

Pollution experts: Save fish from drugs in water The San Francisco Chronicle By Jeff Donn June 9, 2009 Pollution experts on Tuesday pressed a congressional panel for stronger action to keep pharma...

Dam removal would reduce mercury accumulation The Columbia Basin Bulletin June 5, 2009 Studies indicate that the release of sediment during the removal of the White Salmon River's Condit Dam would...

A new front in the fight to save steelhead North Shore News By Benjamin Alldritt May 31, 2009 On a cloudy spring morning at North Vancouver's Seymour Hatchery, a line of volunteers forms up betwee...

Scientists use tags to track Columbia River salmon The Seattle Post Intelligencer By The Associated Press May 27, 2009 Scientists are using acoustic tags to better understand how juvenile salmon a...

Ocean life of ages past boggle modern imagination Science Daily May 25, 2009 Before oil hunters in the early 1800s harpooned whales by the score, the ocean around New Zealand teemed with about 27,...

Study looks into how hatchery fish eat wild fish The Times-Standard By John Driscoll May 18, 2009 The debate over how hatchery-produced salmon and steelhead can be used to bolster runs of wild fis...

New way to save salmon in the delta The San Francisco Chronicle By Kelly Zito May 16, 2009 During their sprint to the sea this spring, baby salmon on the San Joaquin River tried to elude not only ...

All about fish and oyster farming USC News By Carl Marziali May 8, 2009 There are cynics who see only catastrophic answers to Earth's population explosion: War and pestilence come to mind. Then ...

All we do now to save salmon could mean nothing The Idaho Statesman By Rocky Barker May 3, 2009 The Pacific Northwest has spent two decades retooling dams, rebuilding damaged watersheds and restor...

Most key fishing spots in state polluted The San Francisco Chronicle By Jane Kay May 5, 2009 The most comprehensive survey ever of pollutants in California's lakes and reservoirs has found that on...

NOAA outlines three chemicals, threat to salmon The Columbia Basin Bulletin April 24, 2009 NOAA's Fisheries Service on Monday issued a biological opinion that says the registration of two particul...

Rivers shrinking: Flow of many rivers in decline The Sacramento Bee By Randolph E. Schmid April 21, 2009 WASHINGTON -- The flow of water in the world's largest rivers has declined over the past ha...

Carbonated oceans Science Daily March 27, 2009 Like a sinkful of hard water deposits suddenly doused with vinegar, the shells of tiny marine snails in Victoria Fabry's test tanks don't stand a cha...

Impact of fish stocking on aquatic insects EurekAlert March 26, 2009 The impact fish stocking has on aquatic insects in mountain lakes can be rapidly reversed by removing non-native trout, accordi...

Trout seeking cooler waters can be poisoned American Fisheries Society By Gus Rassom March 19, 2009 When faced with a choice between warmer stream temperatures and low metal exposures or cooler te...

New tracking tags are providing fish-eye views Chronicle Online By Krishna Ramanujan March 11, 2009 New tracking and observing technologies are giving marine conservationists a fish-eye view of co...

Non-native fish pose substantial threat to salmonids The Columbia Basin Bulletin March 6, 2009 Non-native, predatory species such as bass and channel catfish may pose as great a threat to imperile...

Dam removal offers opportunity for salmon, science Seattle Post-Intelligencer By Phuong Le March 5, 2009 Scientists know what two dams did nearly a century ago to the Elwha River's legendary salmo...

Invasive species are greatest threat to salmon The Oregonian By Matthew Preusch March 5, 2009 Most discussions about the causes of declining salmon runs focus on the four H's: habitat, hatcheries,...

Researchers learn about salmon migration KGO News By Wayne Freedman March 4, 2009 A unique surgical procedure is helping researchers get a better understanding of salmon. It is one of the most e...

Mix of common farm pesticides deadly to salmon The New York Times By Sara Goodman March 3, 2009 Multiple exposures to common farm pesticides can be lethal to salmon, according to a new federal st...

'Biomarkers' detect salmon injuries The Columbia Basin Bulletin February 13, 2009 A protein biomarker under development to detect traumatic brain injury in humans can also reveal the same injurie...

Contaminated salmon unhealthy for killer whales UC Davis News Service February 12, 2009 Killer whales, or orcas, are being contanimated by chinook salmon that they eat. The salmon are acquiring th...

Wild, farmed fish can co-exist: Report The Daily News By Robert Baron February 9, 2009 If "rigorously managed," salmon farming and wild salmon can successfully coexist in the same areas, a long-a...

Proposed Salmon-Tagging Study Seeks Better Info On Lower River Sea Lion Predation The Columbia Basin Bulletin January 23, 2009 NOAA Fisheries' Northwest Fisheries Science Center is seeking funding...

Study: Fish harvests have substantial impacts on species' body size, reproductive ability The Columbia Basin Bulletin January 16, 2009 Fishing and hunting are having broad, swift impacts on the bo...

Tribes' researchers using new tools to read salmonids' genetic codes The Columbia Basin Bulletin January 16, 2009 A novel genetics technology being field tested by Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish...

Salmon Genetic Project Aimed At Improving Fisheries, Harvest Management The Columbia Basin Bulletin January 16, 2009 A $9.4 million genetic sampling project designed to better chart Columbia River...

Economic Report Shows Washington State Fourth In Sales From Commercial Fishing The Columbia Basin Bulletin January 9, 2009 U.S. commercial and recreational saltwater fishing generated more than $1...

Fish's memories last for months, say scientists The Telegraph By Aislinn Simpson January 7, 2009 The myth that fish have short memories has been debunked by research which showed they respond to ...