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    • Bluefin tuna breeding breakthrough claimed
    • Database developed on nutritional needs of farmed fish
    • Delta talks going on behind closed doors
    • Aqualliance files lawsuit
    • Sockeye fishing cut off to protect coho
    • Study looks at in-stream turbine effects on fish
    • California salmon disaster continues
    • FDA considers approving genetically modified salmon
    • Salmon on the move
    • Low lamprey runs in Columbia worry biologists
    • Conservationists work to remove trout barrier
    • Dozens of chinook reach Issaquah Salmon Hatchery
    • Oceans on brink of mass extinction
    • Relationship between predation and extinction in small populations
    • US West Coast groundfish fishery enters MSC assessment process
    • Where dams once stood, prospectors spur anger
    • Riverbed restoration will strengthen salmon runs
    • Salmon fishermen return to Delta
    • Fish passageways will help steelhead trout
    • Fraser River whopper sockeye salmon run even bigger
    • Salmon make comeback in SE Portland stream
    • Divers collect juvenile red king crabs for field study
    • Whale sharks may produce many litters
    • Pollock fishers have new chinook salmon bycatch program
    • Huge haul, high prices for Alaska salmon
    • Spread Creek Dam removal to improve trout habitat
    • Lake Tahoe gets a good health report
    • 48K gallons sewage spilled into Bay Area lagoon
    • Man eater squids devouring fish stock in Pacific
    • DFO faces criticism after record salmon run
    • Students study gar with Dularge fisherman
    • Atlantic herring lying low off N.S.
    • NOAA reopens significant area of Gulf to fishing
    • The mackerel wars: Europe's fish tiff with Iceland
    • Pikeminnow season extended
    • Alaska salmon haul a surprise
    • Fishermen profiting from the largest salmon run in almost a century
    • Why fish in the Arctic don't freeze
    • Study shows seabirds shun sport fish and gobble gobies
    • Legal sparring begins on 2010 supplemental salmon BiOp
    • Bountiful salmon run reminds us we know little about the fishery
    • Mokelumne River undergoing changes to increase numbers of salmon, steelhead
    • Two-Gates resolution approved
    • Pacific tuna still in decline
    • Fraser sockeye returns reach 100-year record
    • Fisherman paid $51,000 for pikeminnow
    • Massive and tasty, the white sturgeon's numbers are dwindling in the Delta
    • Volunteers needed to help distribute dead salmon
    • Ocean indicators point to lull in 2011, then more good salmon runs
    • Saving the Pacific lamprey
    • Draft bill for sustainable fishing approved
    • Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement comes into force
    • Britain prepares for mackerel war with Iceland and Faroe Islands
    • Northern pike
    • Salmon, steelhead booming upstream
    • Students build first rain-powered fish hatchery in Oregon
    • Cats get a new home just in time for the dog days of summer
    • Fisheries group wants less severe restrictions
    • More great white sharks spotted off Cape Cod
    • Fly fishers serving as transport for little invaders
    • Court upholds protections for Calif wild steelhead
    • Sawtooth Basin sockeye salmon return highest since 1955
    • Burbot could put bite in already-endangered species
    • River's flow to ocean strong sign for San Joaquin rebirth
    • Snorkelers find fewer chinook salmon
    • Yukon chum run is lagging
    • War dividend
    • Major threats remain to California water supply
    • Algae lingers along county's coast
    • Fisheries council meets to consider Steller sea lions
    • Judge rules against green groups in aquaculture suit
    • Toxic levels of oil found in gulf area crucial to fish
    • Mass die-off at coral reef triggered by 93-degree ocean
    • Disease decimates salmon farms in Chile
    • More fish seem to be living in Napa River
    • Tracking salmon with the help of seals
    • Purse seine fishing plummeting NZ tuna supply
    • Salmon, steelhead numbers surge in some northwest rivers
    • "Didymo" Alert
    • Fraser sockeye salmon fishery opens
    • Fish research vessel drafted for use at BP oil spill site
    • NOAA takes fresh look at hatchery plan
    • Rise of the ratfish in Puget Sound
    • Bluefin tuna on verge of extinction!
    • Mystery salmon identified, small fry not native to Napa River
    • Colder ocean should be boost to salmon survival
    • Officials step up projects to help Columbia River lamprey
    • Proposal to cut overfishing approved
    • Ugly but tasty aquatic creature found in Green River
    • Washington, Oregon test new fishing gear on Columbia
    • Evolution at lightning speed: fish adapts in just 3 years
    • King salmon gather off Marin coast for run
    • The jellyfish-like salp is most efficient filter-feeder in the deep
    • White sharks making a comeback off California
    • NOAA approves reform of West Coast fish harvest
    • Iceland and Faroe mackerel warning for Scottish fleet
    • Coho recovery relies on breeding in captivity
    • Flotilla takes aim at salmon farming
    • US considers curbs on Columbia fish hatcheries
    • Huge chinook run expected to start reaching Columbia
    • Mexican company negotiates construction of tuna purseiners
    • Weatherbird returning to Gulf to look for signs of oil
    • July steelhead catch just short of record
    • Fraser River sockeye salmon fishery opens
    • New fish trap to be built on North Santiam
    • Group seeks opinion on new water standards
    • Chinook run nears peak in Puget Sound
    • OSU studies rising coastal ocean acidity
    • Alaska salmon season update
    • Is ocean life being wiped out?
    • Oregon limits dredges for gold in salmon streams
    • Elite science panel wades into Calif. water war
    • Steelhead study earns best paper award from AFS
    • Census of marine life publishes historic roll call
    • Australia, Japan top global ocean diversity list
    • Grouper aquaculture set to boom
    • Sea lion decline spurs federal fishing restriction plan
    • Warm water led to Lake Shasta fish kill
    • Previous money unspent as leaders urge new bond
    • Ocean acidification makes oceans smell funny
    • Sockeye salmon run sets record for Columbia River
    • Undersea river discovered flowing on sea bed
    • Tuna meltdown: is there an alternative?
    • B.C. eyes cockle industry
    • On the hunt - for research
    • Fishy circumstances muddle menhaden's fate
    • Parts of Louisiana fishing ground reopened
    • Oysters a sign of trouble from Puget Sound acidity
    • Leadville hatchery a window to Colorado's past and future
    • Research discovers 'stress hormone' in sea lamprey
    • Chemicals turn male fish into females
    • Grad works to reverse Southwest's native fish decline
    • Delta Predators
    • Computer modeling contributes to increases in sockeye
    • Popular Lake Wenatchee sockeye fishery opens Sunday
    • Great white shark tagged near Cape Cod
    • Oceans in peril: primed for mass extinction?
    • Hatchery could boost Idaho's sockeye
    • Invasive mussels could cost $100M a year to fight
    • Coastal salmon fishing is good-news, bad-news situation
    • UK retains Spanish vessel thought to be overfishing
    • Iceland wants to stay out of EU fishing policy
    • Marine phytoplankton declining: striking global changes
    • Looking for transparency in efforts to protect our ocean
    • Spill not as helpful to sturgeon as hoped
    • Chinook fishing on Snake River closes next week
    • Logs flown in to help restore salmon habitat
    • Record number of sockeye salmon at Washington dam
    • New Yuba River fish study ordered
    • Overfishing the big four
    • World's biggest red salmon fishery wraps up
    • Testing of 'selective' commercial fishing gear
    • New hatchery to rebuild snake river sockeye
    • Bluefin tuna migrations to be clarified
    • Below average salmon return expected on the Klamath
    • Sacramento-San Joaquin tops list of endangered waterways
    • Scientists preparing for the possibility of Gulf oil spill fallout
    • Salmon fishing to reopen on Sacramento, American and Feather
    • Californians should use less delta water, report says
    • CCWD begins operating new Delta pumping station
    • Alaska asks fishermen to reduce catch
    • Obama to launch ocean initiative
    • Mercury in Crystal Springs fish puzzles scientists
    • Scientists research bacteria afflicting rockfish
    • Count of rescued salmon climbs
    • Endangered salmon go through rough year
    • Study overturns long-standing theory on phytoplankton growth
    • Small fish shows how ecosystems adjust to catastrophic changes
    • Sushi-hungry Japan sells monster tuna
    • Projects addressing bass predation, wild v. atchery, darvest data
    • Iceland to expand fish farming effort
    • Trapped fish moved to cooler Butte Creek water
    • Warmest June ever, NOAA reports
    • Water once again flowing in the San Joaquin River
    • Chemical quality of rivers revealed by freshwater shrimp
    • Scientists might miss the boat on plans for Delta canal or tunnel
    • Salmon receiving another lift from Puget Sound Energy
    • Yuba River ruling hits Fisheries Service
    • Warming waters exacerbate dwindling fisheries
    • DFO plans new rules to police salmon farming
    • Fraser River sockeye certified sustainable
    • Doom feared as Asian carp advances
    • Columbia River salmon, steelhead runs well above average
    • Drills to test idea of Delta tunnel
    • Short season highlights fishery's woes
    • Fishermen primarily fish 'down the food web'
    • Big salmon, steelhead runs amaze biologists
    • Idaho Fish and Game panel sets fall chinook season
    • Sockeye count easily surpasses 1947 record run
    • Carbon dioxide in ocean could be confusing fish
    • New batfish species found under Gulf oil spill
    • South Valley farmers benefit in S.J. River plan
    • There's been good news on fish during last decade
    • Seaweed products begins further expansion
    • Murky options
    • Researchers support the future of eel
    • Salmon season opens with a whimper
    • Fish talk to each other, researcher finds
    • Warm water may mean malformed salmon bones
    • Mercury found in fish from S.F. water supply
    • Work begins on Battle Creek dams removal
    • Threatened Santa Ana sucker fish could get new habitat protections
    • Genetically modified salmon grows twice as fast
    • NZ fisheries minister meets Pacific colleagues
    • What's next for the water bond?
    • Weather mars opening of salmon season
    • The Fourth is a License Free Fishing Day
    • Local fishermen uncertain about the industry's future
    • Skull find verifies ancient killer whale
    • Study suggests more fish than thought may thrive in the ocean's depths
    • Schwarzenegger calls for $11 billion water bond to be pulled from November ballot
    • Fish with 'chips' in U.K. shoal study
    • Gulf's coastal wetlands surviving despite oil
    • Toxic Mercury Is More at Home in Seawater, Study Finds
    • Seafood Watchdog Warns To 'Avoid' Oregon Coast Salmon
    • Research puts a finger on how ancient fish got out of water
    • Kootenai River white sturgeon a longstanding challenge
    • Rockfish program signals shift in state fisheries policy
    • Bass-shad study to reduce non-native fish impacts on ESA-listed salmonids
    • Freshwater fish eyes: great home for parasites
    • Calif increases water allotment after storms
    • Low catches shake up tuna firms
    • Impact feared on gulf's deep-water fish
    • With numbers up, sockeye season may hit Columbia
    • Scientists studying deep-sea coral off Calif coast
    • True-bluefin
    • A fish tale: Aquaculture set to boom
    • DFG working through fish plant reports
    • Now is the time to catch Columbia shad
    • Unshackling fisheries entrepreneurship
    • 16.5M baby salmon released into Calif. waterways
    • Fish face-off
    • Mattole coho on the brink
    • Fish and Game halts Russian River setnet program
    • A plan to kill the Stanislaus River
    • Bill seeks to strike clause from water bond
    • Hatchery fish are going well...and wild
    • Libby Dam spill test for sturgeon spawning ends
    • Steelhead rules liberalized for Sandy, Clackamas and Willamette rivers
    • NL aquaculture industry to expand
    • Young salmon released in Santa Cruz
    • Pelagic Shark foundation to track basking sharks in Monterey Bay
    • Scientists one step closer to fully sequencing the salmon genome
    • Striped bass: Delta villains?
    • San Joaquin Valley water allocation boosted again
    • Spring rains a shot in the arms for Lake Oroville
    • Recycled water systems ripple out in Bay Area
    • Aquaculture ‘will be dominant seafood supplier within decades'
    • Save the Stanislaus River
    • This time, will we end the water war?
    • Impacts of water temperature on salmon, steelhead spawning
    • Summer chinook fishing to open with run expected above average
    • Salmon seasons announced for Northern California rivers
    • Science task force announces strategies to integrate BDCP BiOp
    • Scientists tag reef fish to spy on their travels
    • Catch shares programme takes off amid concerns
    • Cattle cannot muddy Ore. steelhead streams
    • Scientist worries Gulf oil spill might harm tarpon
    • Red-snapper ban heads to vote this week
    • Washington state sued to win water for endangered salmon
    • Kenai River in Alaska closed for king salmon fishing
    • Groups sue over endangered salmon
    • Fishery disaster declared for Florida
    • Third season Of sea lion trapping ends
    • Groups sue for more water over dams for salmon
    • Electronic tags reveal tuna's habits
    • Scientists team with fishermen on study of ocean salmon migration
    • Protecting weak stocks may be key to salmon recovery
    • Oil spill bad news for bluefin tuna
    • Deep-sea fish farming the wave of the future
    • Report finds delta among most vulnerable rivers
    • Federal govt protects sturgeon in Sacramento River
    • Can't waste one fish specie to help another
    • Fourth-graders raise, release salmon for tracking
    • Legislature rejects study of peripheral canal alternative
    • Do fish feel pain? Researchers believe they do
    • New study on fishing methods
    • Bluefin tuna spawning mid-spill right now
    • Nine more years for selenium runoff cleanup
    • Salmon fishing regulations set for Feather and Sacramento rivers
    • Better synchronization helps fish when under predator threat
    • Turtles threatened by longline fishery
    • Extra pumping starts in Delta a day after court ruling
    • Salmon ride smoothly through eight dams
    • ODFW estimates high Rogue River salmon returns
    • Review finds Oregon coastal coho still at risk
    • Fresno judge lifts delta pumping restrictions
    • Innovation will help to meet Central Valley water needs
    • Conference on saving world's fish stocks opens
    • Sacramento wrangling over water bond money
    • Dual strategy ramps up to increase fish survival
    • Scientist forced to resign from Delta pollution panel
    • Summer steelhead returning strong
    • Mixed feelings about new salmon rules
    • Last of 1.3 million salmon trucked to bay
    • California Delta faces many issues
    • Obama Administration backs Bush-era salmon plan
    • Commerce limits pollock fleet's salmon bycatch
    • Global warming threatens trout and salmon
    • Steelhead belong in rivers, and a recent Oregon study shows why
    • 'Climate change' danger to salmon and trout
    • World's oceans could be completely depleted of fish in 40 years
    • Judge reverses stance on Delta rules
    • Fish passage improvement project on pace
    • Studies link Sacramento sewage to Delta fish decline
    • Salmon smolts trucked from Anderson to Bay
    • Decline of endangered delta smelt, nutrient pollution
    • Climate threatens trout and salmon
    • ‘Greening' global fisheries could boost fish stocks
    • Feds, PG&E warned about declining salmon runs
    • Voter anger could doom $11 billion water bond
    • Researchers discover secrets of Atlantic sturgeon
    • Major US fishery takes a beating after oil spill
    • Spring chinook reared in estuary net pens returning
    • Sea lions continue to munch endangered salmon
    • Go fish?
    • Fish as unique as fingerprints: scientists
    • Fed report shows gains for fish stocks
    • Salmon release changed to prevent 'straying'
    • Feds fine Healdsburg grape grower for salmon kill
    • Board approves study of Shasta Nation fish bypass proposal
    • West Coast salmon fishing to be monitored
    • Spill in Gulf ‘most devestating' of our time
    • Studies underway on Klamath River dam removal
    • Early results of salmon count have scientists upbeat
    • Too ugly to save? Pacific lamprey numbers plummet
    • BPA renews war on pikeminnows
    • Sockeye anglers hopeful that permanent Cedar River hatchery is still a go
    • Undersea robot helps scientists to track fish
    • Scientists to study Western Alaska salmon declines
    • More Atlantic cod stocks are at risk
    • Klamath Basin plan splits up meager water
    • Terns consume 15 percent of estuary juvenile salmon in 2009
    • Oregon conference discusses protecting wild salmon
    • Late spawn doesn't help lake's fishery
    • Opaque transparency
    • Calif. regulates power plants to save marine life
    • Researchers investigate shark's fishy sense of smell
    • Fishing fleet working 17 times harder than in 1880s
    • State paying anglers to keep rainbow trout
    • EPA presses pesticide makers to protect salmon
    • Shasta River coho rescue under way
    • New U.S. panel aims to unify smelt, salmon protection
    • U.S. oil spill could hit Atlantic tuna
    • Final state snow survey of the year shows good outlook
    • Upper Deschutes Basin Salmon, Steelhead Responding To Underwater Tower/Collection Facility
    • Can California finally solve Delta crisis?
    • 2010 sea lion salmon predation breaking records
    • Pikeminnow aren't only good-looking, they're valuable
    • Fishing needs ecosystem focus
    • Oil spill imperils Gulf Coast fishing industry
    • The baby salmon feeding frenzy in San Pablo Bay
    • Federal salmon plans unveiled in Fresno
    • Research aids Northwest salmon
    • NOAA fisheries protects 3 rockfish
    • Calif. lawmakers reject hurdle for delta canal
    • Tribal chinook fishing begins
    • Non-native fish affect average body size
    • Protecting groundfish
    • Salmon hitch ride out to sea
    • Calif. Spends $16.7M on "Crappy" Trout Projects
    • Invasive weed spreads through Lake Tahoe, Truckee River
    • Calif. boosts water deliveries to cities, farms
    • Endangered sturgeon fish flourishing in Wisconsin
    • To be or not to be...a blue hamlet fish?
    • Fish's comeback gets an upgrade
    • Feds agree to continue spring spill for juvenile salmon, steelhead
    • Salmon-fishing seasons to be adopted Friday
    • Officials delay decision on salmon fishing
    • Mercury is higher in some tuna species
    • Comment opens on relisting Sacramento splittail
    • Lake Shasta just 10 feet from being full
    • Can California fix the Delta before disaster strikes?
    • Invasive lionfish attacks reefs and fish
    • NOAA will mix spills and barges to help young salmon
    • First fall-run chinook salmon fishing since '07 expected
    • UC Merced works to refine snowpack measurements
    • Feds to follow panel's advice on salmon migration
    • Central Valley fish might be declared endangered
    • The salmon puzzle
    • Scientists listen for sign of sturgeon in river
    • Dead whales sign of ocean distress
    • Expected chinook numbers will spawn high hopes
    • Laser beams on fisheries could see the end of cormorant attacks
    • Capture-based cod farming possible
    • Bluefin tuna fishing continues in Japan
    • Striped bass protections bill faces vocal opposition
    • Steller sea lions stealing salmon
    • Water bond needed to save delta
    • Invasive trout populations more productive than the natives
    • Oceans' saltiness reaching extreme
    • Salmon fishing seasons set
    • Central Valley Project increases water allocations
    • On the brink of extinction
    • Study tracks steelhead journey
    • Giant squid invades coastal waters, threatens fishing
    • Fish and Game continues to clear eastern Sierra waters
    • Feds mulling the options for a North Coast fishing season
    • Panel recommends spilling, barging of salmon
    • Science panel opposes plan for Snake/Columbia salmon
    • Pacific Fishery council moves to open Oregon Coast
    • Spawning habits of sturgeon studied
    • Protect fish to protect fisheries
    • Saving the salmon fishing industry
    • $768 for every salmon caught in Puget Sound
    • Hazing cormorants to protect juvenile salmon, steelhead
    • Tuna fishers blame El Niño for low catch
    • Chinook salmon may be barged around dams
    • Feds say coho salmon can be saved
    • Humboldt squid seem to be thriving
    • Striped bass protections stay put
    • Water over the dam works for salmon
    • Valley water agencies await fish ruling
    • Study Says U.S. Waterways Are Warming
    • Salmon producers' demand troubles artisanal fishers
    • Millions of marine turtles killed by fisheries, not thousands
    • Economist says salmon closure cost 1,800 their jobs, not 23,000
    • NASA demonstrates novel ocean-powered underwater vehicle
    • Water supply up, but pumps shut down
    • Medicine residues may threaten fish reproduction
    • Dallas angler's first sailfish is among rarest
    • Alaska felt-sole ban clarified
    • Salmon opener a mixed bag
    • Hunt for illegal sturgeon anglers mostly fruitless
    • Conflicts alleged for 2 on Delta water council
    • Delta smelt move closer to being ‘endangered'
    • Fish ladders modified to improve lamprey passage
    • Two acoustic marine systems developed
    • Sea lions are killed for eating endangered fish
    • Fishermen try to save Chinook salmon in Delta
    • Steelhead monitoring station's numbers are encouraging
    • Delta council faces critics, scrutiny
    • Fisheries scientists study effects of global warming on trout
    • Local congressmen attend salmon summit
    • Cormorant hazing starts next week on north coast estuaries
    • Judge to farmers: water restrictions stay
    • Overfishing exacerbated by EU fisheries subsidies
    • Ecosystems under threat from ocean acidification
    • Robot Sub With Sensory System Inspired By Blind Fish
    • House committee chairman kills ban on shark fins
    • For halibut fisherman, the future looks prosperous
    • Get a Lode of the spring snow
    • Federal ruling slows Delta pumping
    • Corps releases possible dam breaching plan of study
    • Warming Indian Ocean - impacts on fisheries
    • Terrifying sea critter hauled from ocean's depths
    • Bill aims to take bass out of Delta
    • Fishermen weigh salmon options
    • Recreational salmon fishing returns Saturday
    • Emergency coho recovery measures
    • Fish-friendly hydro turbines on the drawing board
    • Public meeting to address Nestucca River salmon issues
    • New law will end a 60-year fishing tradition
    • Full story of Delta stressors yet to be revealed
    • Protection of fish stocks essential
    • Staging a comeback
    • Chile tsunami costs Japanese fisheries $68 mln
    • Dwindling marine stocks
    • Fish-spawning prototype feeds into hatchery
    • Ocean salmon season should open April 3
    • Climate change on fisheries studied
    • Marine biologist outlines perils of over-fishing
    • San Joaquin River's flow extends to Pacific again
    • CITES turns down most bids to reel in shark overfishing
    • Klamath River fish diseases spreading
    • Ground broken for Red Bluff fish passage project
    • Rule aims to limit accidental salmon catch
    • Poison picked for eliminating cutthroat trout
    • Mahi mahi research launched
    • UAA researchers try to shed light on blackfish
    • Progress is being made: sustain fisheries and ocean ecosystems
    • Pesticides detected in Washington salmon habitats
    • Historic renewal
    • Commercial fishery called off - again
    • Hatchery steelhead program to end in upper Cowlitz
    • Hearings could set new course for Delta
    • What don't we know about the Columbia salmon plan?
    • Pregnant male fish can choose abortion
    • Croaker moving up the Atlantic
    • UN rejects ban on tuna
    • Assessment of all West Coast salmon, steelhead ESA listings
    • Scientists side with smelt, salmon protections
    • Fish and Wildlife adopts Oregon halibut seasons
    • Protect whales or salmon they eat?
    • Changes coming for Columbia summer, fall chinook regulations
    • Judge orders review of water pumping limits
    • Water bank violated environmental laws
    • Pacific tuna tagging project advances
    • Kulongoski declares drought in Klamath Basin
    • Rain boosts Delta water supply allocations
    • Pacific smelt under Endangered Species Act
    • DNA analysis of whale poop brings surprising results
    • Rutgers submarine tracking sturgeon in the Delaware
    • 2010 chinook salmon forecast optimistic
    • Changes needed to rules governing delta smelt
    • More salmon coming back: good news for fish and farms?
    • Major study launched into life of sea trout
    • Early ocean salmon season canceled off Oregon
    • As pro anglers leave, Delta's focus turns to another bass
    • The war on salmon
    • High hopes for coastal lingcod fishery
    • Development of 'muscular trout' could boost aquaculture
    • Fish restoration could be a catch for Rio Vista
    • Better salmon year expected
    • Record steelhead return continues
    • More water to pour from Friant Dam to river
    • Fishing in troubled waters
    • Fishermen likely to see limited salmon season
    • Bassmaster Elite Series opens in California
    • California lawmakers blast administration on state's water woes
    • Bluefin tuna trade ban gains European Union backing
    • Invasive species limiting food supply for Great Lakes fish
    • Indian Ocean commission improves shark protection measures
    • Delta oversight panel already being undermined
    • Salmon fishery doubtful for 2010
    • Growing low-oxygen zones in oceans worry scientists
    • Herring fishery could close by 2012
    • Another water project could divide the state
    • Sea lions to be killed to save salmon
    • El Nino may affect West Coast fisheries
    • Great white sharks' migration more complex than once thought
    • Scientists learn red grouper operate as underwater architects
    • Salmon net pen may mean more catches for anglers by 2011
    • One wet year does not a drought-buster make
    • El Nino showing signs of reducing marine life abundance
    • Atlantic octopus mimics flounders-a first
    • NOAA proposes fish passage operations shift
    • Klamath water deal aces first big test
    • Halibut managers seek ways to study bycatch
    • Black market caviar tempts poachers
    • Deep sea fish 'eat their greens'
    • Heidelberg scientists fish for research
    • Most albacore exported to Europe
    • Fisherman worried about red snapper ban
    • So far, snow good
    • B.C. decision brings fish farming sea lice data out into open
    • U.S. backs efforts to ban trade of Atlantic bluefin tuna
    • Salmon outlook little-changed
    • Water allocations bring frustration as reservoirs rise
    • Scarce water has local farmers squaring off
    • Federal government urged to protect B.C. wild salmon
    • Marine protection pays off
    • Troubled history tinges marine plan
    • Quickest way to save salmon: Limit their predators
    • Delta residents told to ready for water war
    • If fisheries float your boat, speak up now
    • Net loss possible in Bahamas
    • Offshore salmon seasons might hold good news for anglers
    • Mismanagement by PG&E is killing two California rivers
    • Wash., Ore. to begin trapping sea lions again
    • Striped bass to blame for California's salmon decline
    • Cutthroat doing well enough to avoid listing
    • Central Valley Project increases water allocations
    • Huge fall chinook jack return...
    • Research to find salmon answers
    • Fishermen rally in Washington for the right to fish
    • Quick action by new Delta group
    • Water package for San Joaquin Valley set to be unvailed
    • Fish find spawns debate
    • Deep-ocean low-oxygen zones spreading
    • Feds predict better year for California salmon
    • 2010 salmon season predicted to come up short
    • New comprehensive view of deep-sea mountains
    • Placement of marine reserves is key
    • State bill proposes giving Chinook salmon official distinction
    • Despite dire predictions, state farm jobs aren't disappearing
    • Feinstein water transfer bill would hurt salmon
    • Dianne Feinstein: Delta water compromise will save jobs
    • Researchers help identify a big fish that ate small
    • New stakeholder group considers marine protected areas
    • NOAA takes back plan making dams safer for salmon
    • Study: Columbia River mussel growth
    • NOAA report: on barged fish vs. in-river
    • Japan plans to ignore any ban on bluefin tuna
    • International agreement to help protect sharks
    • Salmon population collapses
    • Klamath dam pacts signed in Oregon Capitol
    • Spring chinook fishing seasons in Columbia River finalized
    • Rev 'em up: With delta smelt moved, pumps are a go
    • Group eyes ban on commercial gillnets
    • NMFS leadership pick a slap in face to fishing industry
    • Fish traps back; NOAA request comments
    • Bill aims to add flexibility to rules on fish protection
    • Slinging rotten fish? It's enriching
    • Record-breaking steelhead returns
    • California Department of Fish and Game sued over hatchery fish
    • New Research on Atlantic salmon asks if size matters?
    • Feinstein's play threatens to roil the water world
    • Canada closes ports in shrimp dispute
    • Large return of spring chinook expected in Idaho
    • Push to ban trade in endangered bluefin tuna
    • Lowest Delta-rivers salmon run ever in 2009
    • Coho ocean abundance at only 37% of last year's run
    • States likely to reduce lower Columbia sturgeon harvest
    • Calif. returning chinook salmon a record low
    • Coho returning to Central Washington streams
    • UQ research eyes off colourful reef fish
    • Tunnel emerges as favored way to deliver water
    • OSU study: Many steelhead die on way to ocean
    • Judge allows slowdown of pumps to protect smelt
    • Columbia River salmon dispute continues
    • Watchdog's suit says hatchery fish hurt natives
    • 20,000 striped bass released along coast
    • Feds reduce Calif. water pumping to protect fish
    • Asian carp pose threat to more than just lakes
    • Study: shark virgin birth
    • Giant bizarre deep sea fish filmed
    • Companies push hard to halt tuna collapse
    • Ecologists say unrestricted pumping will harm fish
    • Water commission wary of Delta plan
    • Columbia River salmon runs plentiful now, but...
    • Testing waters for salmon in San Joaquin River
    • Officials might poison pike in Nevada lake
    • Nine-spined sticklebacks outsmart the competition
    • Judge relaxes Delta salmon rules
    • Increased predation by sea lions on sturgeon
    • CDFG fish hatchery and stocking program
    • Research finds water movements can shape fish evolution
    • Recreational fishing in federal waters
    • Commission to decide on sturgeon harvest level
    • Delta water quality continues to decline
    • Judge hears arguments in case over Calif. salmon
    • Benefit from high-flow experiment at Glen Canyon Dam
    • Jumbo squid ink-jet their way to Newport Beach
    • San Joaquin River water releases resume
    • Fisheries board restricts Yukon salmon gillnets
    • FAO meeting explores how forensic technique
    • Water agencies head to court to ask for relief
    • Rotting fish yield fossil clues
    • Sardine industry banking on warmer seas
    • Halibut catch limits released
    • More Great Lakes invaders predicted
    • Playing Now: "Return of the Vanished Red Snappers"
    • Salmon populations continue to decline
    • Wine grape watering clashes with salmon protection
    • Invasion of the carp coming soon in 3D
    • Underwater acoustic tags help endangered salmon
    • NOAA and fishermen cooperate on monkfish research
    • Coho salmon get a boost in Lake Washington
    • Sacramento splittail gets a fresh chance at survival
    • Deadly fish virus now found in all Great Lakes
    • Tuna stocks 'booming' at time of quota cuts
    • Legislators hear proposal to halt commercial bass fishing
    • Steady flow of conflicting views marks Delta debate
    • Lopsided fish show that symmetry is only skin deep
    • Steelhead season is in full swing along southern Oregon Coast
    • Feds to reconsider protections for Delta fish
    • 'Ranching' tuna the eco-friendly way
    • National science panel convenes on Calif. delta
    • Microbe could help curb massive fish kills
    • Red snapper may be in short supply
    • Ocean conditions in 2009 worsen for salmon in California
    • Storms bring water year up to average
    • Oregon plagued by steelhead
    • Global warming will require changes at Northwest dams
    • Why aren't quagga mussels flourishing in northwest?
    • Fishing season-setting time has arrived
    • Red grouper: Architect of the ocean floor
    • Science panel's review of California water woes prompts fight
    • Snail eradication may take years
    • Smelt season to be just four days
    • Storms boost California snowpack
    • Fish boom makes splash in Oregon
    • Plane crash: 'We lost two old-school biologists'
    • Great white shark tagged off Cape surfaces in Florida
    • Salty change flushes fish
    • New rules planned for fish farming in federal waters
    • Water briefing provides little encouragement
    • New Calif. water policy aims to save state's key estuary
    • As climate warms, what will our rivers do?
    • African fish choose safety over sex
    • Steelhead kelt reconditioning to boost listed stocks
    • Three fisheries closed as authorities deal with fish killed by cold weather
    • Scientists to research possible links in Alaska fisheries, climate change
    • Kiwis battered by fish prices
    • Tz to earn $200m from Tuna exports
    • Sushi shortfall?
    • Sturgeon quota might go down 50 percent
    • Turning Asian carp from a menace into dinner
    • Feds declare fisheries disaster for Yukon kings
    • Feds to study protections for sturgeon
    • There are monsters lurking ...
    • White marlin look-alike raises questions
    • Winter steelhead returning in large numbers
    • Project to place fish-saving gates in Delta stalls
    • White House seeks to expand the bull trout's protections
    • Light shed on fish gill mystery
    • France unwilling to ban bluefin tuna fishing
    • Research center to hatch 20,000 endangered salmon eggs
    • Group wants Hetch Hetchy on SF ballot
    • Arming fishermen with cameras
    • Sturgeon fishing tactics in Oregon City challenged
    • Taking the initiative on gill nets
    • NOAA and California Officials Agree to Remove Large Concrete Dam...
    • Steelhead returning to northwest Oregon streams
    • Scientists fish for fresh clues in a deep planetary mystery
    • Spring Chinook are running for their lives
    • Spawning patterns may hold key to rebuilding cod stocks
    • Frigid temperatures take toll on marine life
    • The future of fisheries?
    • Final Klamath restoration pact released
    • Delta landowners fired up over water
    • New system helps explain salmon migration
    • Hydro green energy fish survival study could spur future projects
    • Prehistoric coral reefs creating new species
    • Indonesia`s fishery products facing tariff barriers in Europe
    • Pacific cod council certification expected soon
    • Competition fierce in lucrative and booming Calif. squid fishing
    • Reducing water flow rates may bring environmental gains
    • Restoring natural flows can cause ecological harm?
    • Study: new acoustic tag system tracks salmon survival
    • Increased efforts to reduce bird predation at dams
    • NW streams see strong early winter steelhead returns
    • Refined forecasts show 2010 could see record return
    • Smaller stripers may soon be keepers in New Jersey
    • More salmon smolts will be trucked from north
    • Coho restoration program showing returns 'Beyond Expectation'
    • Environmentalists and Fishing Community Can Both Win
    • Endangered orca population rose in 2009
    • Public testimony ahead for spring chinook
    • Atlantic sturgeon eyed for listing as threatened
    • DTI mediates in tuna war
    • Smelt season for Cowlitz to be decided next week
    • Researchers to study ocean health
    • Analysis under way for 2010 salmon season
    • Team to tackle Delta water needs
    • Red snapper ban stirs controversy among fishermen
    • More NE Atlantic fish stocks are overfished
    • 2009 another bad year for Delta ecosystem
    • Salmon runs a bad sign for Oregon's fishing fleet
    • Fraser River once flowed the other way
    • New acoustic tools to study marine mammals and fish
    • 800 Sea Turtles Hooked in Gulf
    • Dead fish provoke alert around Gulf of Mexico
    • Caymans train divers to fight lionfish invasion
    • 2010 could be disappointing for salmon fishing
    • Attorney wagers judge will approve Columbia River salmon plan
    • First tuna auction lands a big one
    • Halibut charter fleet limited
    • Autumn chinook run falls short
    • Marin's coho salmon on the bring of extinction
    • Salmon lovers: pray for rain
    • Forty years of farmed salmon ... and one genetic mystery
    • Japanese 'fish bots' teach children about sealife
    • Red snapper rebounding in Gulf of Mexico
    • First fisheries stocks survey completed
    • Indigenous fish species face extinction
    • Hatchery-raised salmon too crowded
    • Evaluation of commercial 'selective' fishing gear
    • Pesticide runoff impacts salmon recovery
    • Fish families, the bigger and bossier the better
    • Catch shares may not lead to healthier fisheries
    • Scientists say dolphins should be treated as 'non-human persons'
    • Fishing problems on new findings over hake
    • Invasion of the giant squid
    • Hook set on strict new fishing restrictions
    • Holiday season magnifies fish shortage in southern Senegal
    • New law makes salt-water fishermen register with U.S.
    • Melting glaciers nourishing oceans with ancient carbon
    • Here comes Jaws: The 'real time' tracking system
    • Sharks killed for oil used in swine flu vaccine
    • Researchers tag sharks off WA coast
    • A net gain for the Hudson?
    • Coho salmon pioneer new runs in the Willamette Valley
    • San Francisco Pier 39 sea lions found in Oregon?
    • Tough, strange year for marine life along California coast
    • Safe harbor pact aimed at protecting landowners
    • Next decade key for recreational fishery
    • Migratory fish show big comeback on the Columbia
    • Chub now rare in Great Lakes
    • Initiative to ban gillnets, tangle nets
    • Obama calls for delay in 2-Gates project
    • Biologists cheer return of Columbia coho
    • Minnesota joins suit to seal Asian-carp-infested waters
    • Sea lions vanish from popular San Francisco pier
    • Conservation group wants gill-net salmon fishing ban on ballot
    • Scientists say most salmon runs rise this year
    • Region sees record steelhead run
    • Bottleneck at Delta must be opened
    • Smith's chinook numbers are the highest in decades
    • Sturgeon anglers prepare for steep reductions
    • Internal debate over Obama salmon plan
    • Libby Dam spill test to help white sturgeon
    • The fishing report
    • Federal agencies plan to ease water crisis in California Bay-Delta
    • Progress report on 2008 salmon BiOp implementation
    • More good news for Columbia River spring chinook returns
    • Michigan asks Supreme Court to shut 2 corridors
    • Spring chinook returns look good for the Willamette River
    • Catch shares may not lead to healthier fisheries
    • An epic run
    • Fishing stamp funds not used for fish
    • Rain aids West Marin salmon spawn
    • Forecasts bright for 2010 salmon seasons
    • West coast salmon troubles
    • 2010 pollock harvests lowest in 32 years
    • Columbia River smelt still in disarray
    • Study confirms some cured fish eggs harmful to salmon, steelhead
    • National Academy of Sciences studying Delta
    • N. America's biggest fish slips toward extinction
    • A better way to catch fish
    • Salmon make comeback
    • Port of Stockton must clean up stormwater flow to San Joaquin River
    • Groups offer new course for Klamath dam removal
    • Pumping depletes Central Valley water, data show
    • Lower Columbia also expecting better returns of spring chinook
    • New fish ladder to cost up to $4 million
    • A strategic plan for wild salmon?
    • Pollock catch set at lowest level in decades
    • Invasive snails found in Stanislaus River
    • Redd counts in Snake River's Hells Canyon marks another record
    • Spring chinook salmon forecast strongest in 70 years
    • Climate change played key role in B.C. sockeye stocks collapse
    • Sound, air and light barrier keeps chinook out of old river
    • PUD, landowners talk salmon recovery
    • Gone for decades, bull trout could soon return
    • Santa Ana sucker fish may get more protection
    • Group consolidates data on Columbia Basin
    • New Zealand snails invade Olympia
    • Fish farms fear they may fall fallow
    • $20 million plan to aid salmon in lower Yuba
    • Fishermen worry about impact of national marine policies
    • Next year's fishing forecasts holds some good news for anglers
    • Department of Fish Game to continue the Fish Stocking Program thru January
    • Calif. eyes $10.6 billion cost for water tunnel
    • First salmon try out new fish tower on Deschutes River
    • Are large dams altering extreme weather patterns?
    • California's sinking Delta
    • California braces for fourth year of drought
    • For salmon fishing port, the future is as murky as its waters
    • MID sees bass as problem, not water
    • Efforts to restore lower Mokelumne paying off
    • Fish biologists studying the happy return of wild coho above Willamette Falls
    • Steelhead runs may return to Calaveras
    • Study looks at sustainable salmon production
    • Website details status of Columbia River Basin fish and wildlife
    • Delta residents vow to plug Delta damming plans
    • Judge likes NW salmon plan but sees legal flaw
    • Bid to rejuvenate salmon will protect trees near streams
    • 70-year-old scheme could be the future
    • Thousands of strange sea creatures discovered
    • San Joaquin River flows stop below Mendota Dam
    • Project tests methods to improve monitoring
    • Water surges in Mokelumne River yield more salmon
    • NOAA releases draft pollock stock assessment
    • County leaders: fish-stocking pullback stinks
    • Salmon count up in Oroville area
    • Salmon run bigger this year
    • Water package lacks clout to reverse Delta's decline
    • North state salmon run plummets again
    • Bull trout survey in flathead basin, redd counts down
    • Large run of spring chinook expected for 2010
    • Washington adopts hatchery, harvest reforms
    • Late-fall king salmon abundant
    • Top U.S. scientists to study California irrigation practices
    • Sea lion consumption of sturgeon rises at Bonneville Dam
    • ODFW see higher fish carcass counts in Rogue River
    • Bay-Delta sport fishing enhancement stamp repealed
    • Are gill nets decimating Klamath and Trinity salmon runs?
    • Winners and losers in water deal
    • Sea lions killed, but Columbia salmon toll rises
    • Must allow more spring chinook above Bonneville Dam
    • Legislature passes water-system overhaul
    • California's great white sharks are a distinct population
    • Farmed salmon capable of eating wild fish
    • Cardoza demands accounting of everything affecting Delta
    • How taking out dams splits environmental groups
    • Legislators continue talks on state water plan, now $9.99 billion
    • Plan to evaluate whether salmon passage survival
    • Delta water plan emerges for public to view
    • Two Gates pump plan gets mixed reaction
    • Frustration mounts over closed-door water talks
    • Pursuing pikeminnow: dropping catch rates
    • Delta smelt still close to extinction, surveys show
    • NOAA: El Nino on the way
    • Counting redds: Experts survey salmon spawning
    • Initial Battle Creek chinook salmon counts disappointing
    • Word on Columbia River coho
    • Snake River wild steelhead return breaks record
    • Group sues Fish & Wildlife Service on uplisting delta smelt
    • A river comes to life
    • Ocean science goes deep
    • Restoring an ailing river in California
    • Schwarzenegger, legislative leaders agree to fix fragile delta
    • Typhoon remnants threaten to bring Central Valley flooding
    • Idaho wants hatchery to increase Snake River
    • Oregon dead zone blamed on climate change
    • Green sturgeon gains habitat protection
    • Restoring north state salmon and steelhead could cost billions
    • Delta 'fix' must preserve water rights
    • Fish kill fears subside on Shasta as water levels rise
    • S.F. Bay's slide in mud worries scientists
    • U.S. Bureau of Reclamation liable for water contracts
    • Smelt plan lacked critical analysis
    • 2009 steelhead survival rates below Bonneville
    • Friant Dam releases water to begin river rebirth
    • NOAA releases plan for Columbia River steelhead
    • Recovery plan for Mid-Columbia steelhead
    • Deal to raze 4 Klamath dams
    • Officials called to conference on Calif. drought
    • Water interests argue new state dam proposals
    • For San Joaquin River, a historic reawakening
    • New underwater robot named Beagle
    • NOAA survey shows fewer pollock showing up
    • Administration mulls new science review of California water
    • Fall chinook count huge at Bonneville
    • U.S. Senate's failed water amendment roils California alliances
    • When it comes to Valley ag, Sean Hannity is all wet
    • Fish managers set Columbia River gillnet seasons
    • Updated Columbia River salmon and steelhead returns
    • Obama decision protects NW salmon
    • Pollock survey shows fewer fish than anticipated
    • World's oceans warmest on record this summer
    • Strict conservation plan for Northwest salmon
    • Killer whales die without king salmon
    • They're hopping on the Klamath
    • Key salmon spawning rivers all but dry
    • Delta water bills under fire
    • EPA announces alternative plan to protect salmon from pesticides
    • Fall chinook, steelhead catches in August a record high
    • Fish farm boom strains wild stock, study finds
    • Scoping out sardines: project checking numbers of fish
    • OSU will help coordinate global ocean observation network
    • California's water reform legislation is all wet
    • Bodega Bay scientists weigh impact of ocean acid levels on shellfish
    • Drought-stricken streams threaten California salmon
    • San Francisco Bay's last commercial fishery closes
    • West coast fishermen embark on new wave of fishing
    • Drilling for impact of San Joaquin River restoration
    • Calif. water crisis isn't Washington's fault
    • NOAA to pursue national policy for sustainable marine aquaculture
    • The water wars
    • Delta Legislation Enabling Construction of Peripheral Canal
    • Delta levee projects must now prepare for rising sea
    • Steelhead return numbers stay high
    • Invasive American shad numbers sharply down in Columbia
    • Major water bond proposed in the capitol
    • Hotter water linked to poor sockeye returns
    • Will El Niño deliver deluge?
    • Northwest fears that invasive mussels are headed its way
    • Steelhead restoration plan swims in difficult waters
    • How will warmer oceans affect sea life?
    • Alaska pollock fishery is one of the best managed
    • State seeks to close Sacramento River stretch to sturgeon fishing
    • The Conversation: Saving the Delta
    • Can salmon undo Yosemite dam?
    • Summer steelhead run approaching 400,000 fish
    • Snake River sockeye salmon swim back from the brink
    • King salmon undercounted on the Yukon
    • June's record ocean warmth worries fishermen, environmentalists
    • Battle heightens over water in Delta
    • A new shot at settling Delta water war
    • NOAA, OSU to create detailed maps of Oregon coast seabed habitats
    • It's fish versus farmers in the San Joaquin valley
    • Summer steelhead set one-day record at Bonneville
    • Lawsuit seeks protection of Sacramento splittail
    • Feds seek solutions in Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
    • Millions of salmon disappear from Canadian river
    • Lamprey on the brink
    • Salmon count worries linger
    • Judge gives NOAA another month for salmon plan
    • Fall chinook season could be approved for Snake River
    • Spotlight on delta in coming state water fight
    • Opposition to Delta salmon rules mounts
    • Oregon fishermen fear loss of access to petrale sole
    • Delta gates may be part of solution
    • Disease often ignored as factor affecting wild fish populations
    • Harvest managers tally spring chinook catch numbers
    • Fishermen cast some hope for a 2010 salmon season
    • Good returns expected for Columbia salmon season
    • New plan to solve state's water problems
    • Fish and Game to vote on marine reserve network
    • Predatory snail wrecks California oysters
    • Seagulls menace endangered salmon
    • Vital central valley water sensors at risk from budget cuts
    • Marine robot to explore ocean's depths
    • Researchers set sail for the great pacific garbage patch
    • Calif. water officials study building delta tunnel
    • West coast groundfish fishery fares well in global review
    • Efforts to rebuild fisheries, ocean ecoystems reaping benefits
    • Urban pesticide use is poisoning waterways
    • Water quality issues reduce nighttime spill for fish
    • Smaller Delta canal could work nearly as well
    • Calif. farmers say feds make drought worse
    • Computer models improve salmon passage at hydropower dams
    • Sockeye salmon numbers crash
    • Marine pest species costing billions in damage to fisheries
    • Colville tribes to get new salmon hatchery
    • Southern California pins rain hopes on fickle El Nino
    • Forecast: record 700,000 coho headed for Columbia
    • Report urges efficiency as a solution to california's water wars
    • Dutch Harbor Alaska remains top fishing port
    • Court brings drop of sanity to water limits
    • Endangered Washington turtles released in Columbia Gorge
    • Giant Alaskan blob mystery solved
    • Action brings sense to muddy water issue
    • Drought spotlights region's patchwork water supply
    • Alaska fish counters weigh the scales
    • Leatherbacks feast off the coast
    • Global ocean surface temperature warmest on record
    • Over 1,000 Snake River sockeye reach lower granite
    • Delta drilling planned for canal
    • Feds make grab for OID, SSJID water in Melones
    • Klamath dams: sediment studies being formulated
    • House's $33b energy, water bill will help Valley
    • Sacramento area is Delta's top pesticide source
    • Feds ban krill fishing to save it for the whales
    • Politicians can't get dam thing done
    • Tulare Lake restoration - fiction or fact?
    • Ocean tracking project garners data on salmon
    • Plan to restore rare trout sparks protests
    • Fishing for answers
    • Delta supporters rally at Capitol's doorstep
    • Stillaguamish salmon run's future rests on 45 fish
    • Saving the Columbia and Snake river salmon
    • Delta gates proposal builds support
    • Vanishing Habitat
    • Warning on trout hatcheries could force changes
    • Columbia River summer chinook run downsized
    • Lake Washington's sockeye run may hit a record low
    • Divisive Delta canal now on the fast track
    • Delta advocates plan capitol rally
    • State wants more water in Butte Creek for Salmon
    • Dutch expert offers advice on saving Delta
    • Water pumping restrictions to protect Delta smelt end
    • Columbia River sockeye returns still strong
    • 'Two Gates' project could ease water crisis
    • Farmers angry over water restrictions
    • Saving species no longer a beauty contest
    • Salazar assigns deputy as Calif. water czar
    • Report details west coast research needs about fisheries
    • State declares longfin smelt a threatened species
    • Smolt count brings smiles
    • El Nino could signal drought's end
    • Drought prompts Calif visit by US Interior chief
    • Sockeye salmon runs looking up on the Fraser River
    • Colder ocean water was good for salmon last year
    • Restoring fisheries above dams faces high hurdles
    • Hatchery fish may hurt efforts to sustain wild runs
    • Water district sues feds over Stanislaus rules
    • Is ocean's acidity killing sea life?
    • Alaska's salmon become scarce as ocean currents shift
    • Regional impacts of global climate change
    • Sick sea lions present a mystery
    • Study, differences between zebra mussels and quagga mussels
    • Babysitter assigned to whale basking in marina
    • Valley lawmakers narrowly lose House vote on irrigation water
    • Russian River monitoring to bolster steelhead population
    • Close salmon farms now, advocates say
    • Westlands sues over salmon plan
    • Save the krill, save the whales
    • Blame 'shortage' on misguided environmentalists
    • San Joaquin soon will begin flowing year-round
    • Rules could curtail water
    • Fitness of wild-born offspring of hatchery fish
    • Coho salmon season set for Oregon coastal rivers
    • Oregon goes on alert for destructive mussel
    • Just add water: Temporary river gets its test
    • Pollution experts: Save fish from drugs in water
    • Protections expanded beyond smelt
    • Dam removal would reduce mercury accumulation in fish
    • Briefs defend sea lion removal policy
    • 500,000 salmon start life in strait
    • New restrictions placed on Delta water
    • Agencies sued over Delta species
    • California bills aim to assist Sacramento delta
    • Navy divers close locks to protect salmon
    • Senate approves Wiggins' salmon bill
    • A new front in the fight to save steelhead
    • Bounty of small salmon creates Columbia River mystery
    • Delta report card for governor, legislature mixed
    • Obama administration officials discuss BiOp
    • Smelt operations a hedge against extinction
    • Scientists use tags to track Columbia River salmon
    • Time for the governor to wade into the delta
    • Effort to save smelt may worsen water shortages
    • Ocean life of ages past boggle modern imagination
    • San Francisco's sweet Hetch Hetchy deal changes
    • New tack in Delta lawsuit
    • California's lost salmon
    • Judge doesn't rule out breaching Snake River dams to save salmon
    • Columbia River spring chinook jack returns strong
    • Study looks into how hatchery fish eat wild fish
    • California's broken system for water delivery
    • New way to save salmon in the delta
    • Failure to regulate Delta power plants
    • Migrating blue whales rediscover 'forgotten' waters
    • Fisheries managers revising salmon projections
    • Scientists plan to keep steelhead out of hot water
    • S.F. Bay herring population looks in trouble
    • New plan aims to help coho salmon
    • California, feds at odds over Delta smelt
    • Federal council acts to restrict Pacific cod fishery
    • All about fish and oyster farming
    • Harvest management put tribal fishery at risk
    • Change needed for better Delta ecosystem
    • Officials fret Bonneville salmon count accuracy
    • Salmon smolt slaughter irks local skipper
    • Fishermen face one-halibut bag limit again
    • All we do now to save salmon could mean nothing
    • Most key fishing spots in state polluted
    • Coral reefs make a comeback
    • Fishermen paid to catch pike minnow on Columbia
    • Don't blame fish for drought
    • Final snow pack results: not good
    • Spring chinook return, managers in wait-and-see-mode
    • Restored rule requires species act consultation
    • Judge denies request to rewrite water contracts
    • State slashes king harvest on Yukon River
    • Stripers contribute to fisheries decline
    • 'Super reefs' fend off climate change, study says
    • Peripheral canal no drought lifeline
    • NOAA outlines three chemicals, threat to salmon
    • Where have all the salmon gone?
    • Easier method to detect coldwater disease in salmon, trout
    • Proposed bill to remove limits on striped bass
    • Federal protection proposed for Puget Sound rockfish
    • Panel: Wastewater ammonia 'likely' alters Delta
    • Drought politics heat up in California and on capitol hill
    • Weak Deshka king salmon run expected
    • California launches water-saving campaign
    • Recreational salmon fishing limited to single site, catch
    • Suit keeps state out of trout business
    • Rivers shrinking: Flow of many rivers in decline
    • Don't wait until it's too late for the San Joaquin River
    • Marine fishing regulations adopted for 2009
    • Fish and game commission denies petition
    • Columbia River salmon harvest solution proposed
    • Feinstein: action needed now on water crisis
    • Environmental groups sue over water bank
    • Longfin smelt doesn't qualify for federal listing
    • Salmon bycatch gets scrutinized
    • Central Valley residents start trek demanding water
    • Record coho season expected
    • Delta farmers sue to block Delta canal plan
    • Alaska fish wars: pollock v. salmon
    • State must rescue delta from crisis
    • Sound fishing ahead on coast
    • Fall-run Chinook lags; coho run will be huge
    • Washington state boosting salmon survival in estuary
    • Feds deny protection to California longfin smelt
    • U.S. to ban commercial salmon season
    • Salmon anglers will see an expansion of select fisheries for summer chinook
    • Salmon smolts again will be trucked
    • Panel votes for salmon bycatch limit
    • Delta rivers top U.S. most-troubled list
    • Boats face cap on accidental salmon catch
    • Council: No swordfish boats in sea turtle waters
    • Saving salmon must be part of state's water planning
    • Quick drop in water level kills coho
    • Calif. Salmon Face Extinction
    • Sturgeon catch rates has states setting fishing closure dates
    • Schwarzenegger official tries to 'snow' public
    • Obama signs landmark wilderness bill
    • Steller sea lions gobbling up sturgeon
    • Call for changes to Columbia River salmon hatcheries
    • Salmon proposals to restrict Columbia gillnetting
    • Another look at critical habitat for bull trout
    • Columbia River coastal cutthroat proposed listing
    • Carbonated oceans
    • Fish and Game expects best salmon return
    • Plan to restore San Joaquin River approved
    • Impact of fish stocking on aquatic insects
    • Flood of comments at peripheral canal meeting
    • Allocations show severe water shortages will remain
    • Planning process is concerning
    • Water board addresses Klamath River impairments
    • Hopes rise for salmon success
    • State water supply vulnerable to quakes, floods
    • Alaska's 2009 salmon forecast 11th largest
    • Ocean 'indicators' help develop forecasts
    • Hastings wary of Snake River Salmon PAC
    • Canal wins few converts in Delta
    • Sacramento River's chinook face double whammy
    • Trout seeking cooler waters can be poisoned by metals
    • Chinook salmon now 10 years on endangered list
    • New tracking tags are providing fish-eye views
    • Ocean caused Sacramento River salmon decline
    • Peripheral canal advocates making their case
    • Salmon booms and busts tough to change
    • Water users file third suit on water cuts for smelt
    • Salmon options discussed
    • Appeals court upholds feds' salmon hatchery policy
    • Where are the salmon solutions?
    • Sorry salmon season seen
    • New lawsuit joins in on water fight
    • Ban on commercial fishing of chinook extended
    • Killing sea lions won't save salmon
    • Calif. salmon season prospects dim; Ore. limited
    • NOAA fisheries proposes protection for smelt
    • River restoration stalled by vote
    • California must step up to save salmon
    • Mokelumne River plan flowing with criticism
    • Something's fishy
    • Westlands Water District files lawsuit on B/O
    • Environmental and fishing communities speak out
    • Salmon season may shut down again this year
    • Groups align to fight for safety of striped bass
    • Bay area salmon fishermen brace for the worst
    • Top salmon researcher says outlook for fish is grim
    • State must solve water supply issues
    • Lawsuit filed on Delta smelt rules
    • Bill would slash protection for striped bass
    • Rain is about to go away for a while
    • Non-native fish pose substantial threat to salmonids
    • Legislator proposes removing striped bass protections
    • Farms, smelt hang in balance during valley drought
    • Dam removal offers opportunity for salmon, science
    • Invasive species are greatest threat to salmon
    • New panel to focus on Delta
    • Researchers learn about salmon migration
    • Calif. managers declare longfin smelt threatened
    • On the California drought: state of emergency?
    • Columbia River salmon runs forecast to increase
    • Fishermen brace for new ban on ocean salmon
    • Mix of common farm pesticides deadly to salmon
    • Suit seeks to block delta smelt rules
    • Water wars: not a conflict between fish and people
    • Farms, cities may lose access to state's creeks, rivers
    • New bill tackles Delta smelt predator
    • Sea lions to be culled beginning this week
    • Salmon, other ocean predators losing food supply
    • Cities face 20% cuts in water use during crisis
    • Invasive parasite hitting mud shrimp, a salmon food
    • Billions to expand, improve California's water supply
    • Views on state of Columbia Basin salmon recovery
    • Delta species, striped bass at center of controversy
    • Congressman launches effort to ease ESA
    • California ban on salmon fishing likely for '09
    • Puget Sound orcas affect San Diego's water supply
    • California could be salmonless again
    • Regulators deny request to relax water quality rules
    • Ore., Wash. plan to resume trapping sea lions
    • State will host meeting on salmon in santa rosa
    • DFG to Host Public Meeting on Salmon
    • Three more months on new rules to protect fish
    • Southern Oregon dam awaits removal
    • Details of canal emerge
    • Valley on verge of a catastrophe
    • Delta flow standard violated to aid salmon
    • Water blow for valley farmers
    • PFMC releases review of 2008 ocean fisheries
    • Move commercial gill-netting to 'select areas'
    • Drought may cut off federal water to California farms
    • Smallest fall run of chinook salmon reported
    • We have prior claim on New Melones
    • Forecast predicts one million Columbia coho
    • Returning chinook salmon a record low
    • Rainstorms delay need for emergency decisions
    • Agencies seek to preserve water behind Calif. dams
    • It's time to protect the fish
    • San Joaquin River wrangling continues
    • West coast toxic algae threat
    • Newest Delta victims: Killer Whales
    • Good news for fall chinook in the Columbia
    • Pirates of the capitol: tentative budget deal
    • West-side valley growers get: water cutbacks
    • Single-species approach throttles water supply
    • 'Biomarkers' Detect Salmon Injuries During Dam Passage
    • Ocean conditions key in big 2008 sockeye return
    • Bruising battles loom in California
    • The state of the wild salmon? Not so great
    • Contaminated salmon unhealthy for killer whales
    • Working with B.C. to manage aquaculture
    • Hearing on suspension of Delta protections set
    • Fishers learn to share shrinking catch
    • Water Exporters Want to End the Endangered Species Act
    • No spring chinook season on the Deschutes
    • Salmon anglers look for hope
    • Delta bill rekindles debate on exports
    • "Alarming" declines in salmon survival detailed at Puget Sound/Georgia Basin conference
    • Coho salmon vanishing from Russian River
    • Wild, farmed fish can co-exist: Report
    • River Watcher: The California fish dilemma
    • Wiggins accuses Fish and Game of failing to act on salmon collapse
    • 10% water cuts to Manteca & Lathrop possible
    • It's wet now, but we're going dry
    • Study shows most nations ignore UN fisheries code
    • Canada Scores "D" On Fisheries
    • Dry spell: California farmers struggle with impending drought
    • Pollock fishery seeking re-certification from MSC
    • Arctic waters closed to commercial fishing
    • Sea lions' death: Humans in the clear
    • Schwarzenegger, Feinstein and Nature Conservancy Capture Cold, Dead Fish Awards
    • Nunes urges action on California's water shortage
    • Striped Bass Bill Divides Fishermen
    • ESA-Listed Steller Sea Lions Making Meals Out Of Columbia River White Sturgeon
    • Delta drought response could pit fish against fish
    • Balance between wild and farmed salmon is essential
    • Salmon are losers in squabble between Washington, Oregon
    • Delta water managers choosing salmon over smelt
    • Agencies seek to preserve water in Calif lakes
    • Name Change Won't Alter Resources Agency's Dark Mission
    • Fresno water debate settles little
    • Mokelumne salmon population shrinks further
    • Ore. panel considers rate boost to remove dams
    • Water watchers cast a wary eye
    • Who gets water in Valley this year is up in the air
    • Battle Creek project report finished
    • Light in the tunnel for spring chinook seasons?
    • Fish and Game forecasting the largest salmon returns in years
    • California at a Crossroads, Faces Biggest Drought Year Yet
    • Severe drought expected after mild January
    • Fall Chinook Redd Counts Above Lower Granite Highest Since Surveys Began In 1988
    • 'Threatened' status urged for longfin smelt
    • Judge won't grant stay sparing sea lions
    • 'Worst drought' looking likely, California official says
    • Fishing Managers meet but don't set chinook season
    • Releasing the Klamath: Studies examine expected environmental costs of dam removal
    • Mining protected as salmon dwindle
    • Calif. scientists: fish needs more protections
    • Dry January worsens state's water shortages
    • Port of Stockton Tenants Pollute Impaired San Joaquin River
    • DWR Schedules Second Snow Survey of 2008-2009 Season
    • Grim salmon forecast has Fish and Game in a quandary
    • Arnold Applauds Clean Air Waiver as He Continues War on Fish!
    • Repaired Delta levee leaking again
    • Spring chinook impasse continues
    • Proposed Salmon-Tagging Study Seeks Better Info On Lower River Sea Lion Predation
    • Salmon press conference at ISE drops a few bombshells
    • Extinction imminent for California salmon?
    • Possible water canal worries Delta farmers
    • Fall fish count in Delta is dismal
    • Panel to debate controversial water issues
    • Delta's condition going from bad to worse
    • Canal won't solve all our water issues
    • To save salmon, stop subsidizing toxic farming
    • Healing the waters
    • Reason for salmon reduction unknown
    • Poisoned Killer Whales? Blame Salmon
    • Editorial: Time for new rules on suction mining
    • Another View: Peripheral canal idea still thin on details
    • Will the Mokelumne's salmon ever return?
    • Calif. farmers divided over delta canal proposal
    • Study: Fish Harvests Have Substantial Impacts On Species' Body Size, Reproductive Ability
    • Tribes' Researchers Using New Tools To Read Salmonids' Genetic Codes
    • Basin 2008-2009 Water Supply Forecast Shows 88 Percent Of Average January-July
    • Salmon Genetic Project Aimed At Improving Fisheries, Harvest Management
    • Biologists fear for survival of endangered Delta fish
    • Senate approves bill that would aid San Joaquin River
    • Wayward dolphin in channel raises alarms for experts
    • Biologists use dead fish to boost Rogue River salmon runs
    • Salmon population dwindling in California
    • Study: Sound orcas eating more toxic salmon
    • Some surface water pollution is ag's
    • Coastal power plants could face tougher rules
    • Stop Schwarzenegger's End Run to Build the Peripheral Canal
    • Tough choices on Delta await state officials
    • Water crisis has parallels with financial meltdown
    • Study: High winds could cause dead ocean zones
    • 'Crisis situation' for Marin's coho salmon
    • Judge won't hear plea for Columbia River salmon passage
    • Canadians agree to catch fewer Columbia salmon
    • Federal draft report: Delta system imperils fish
    • Economic Report Shows Washington State Fourth In Sales From Commercial Fishing
    • Will Climate Change Bring Stronger Coastal Winds, More Upwelling Off NW Coast?
    • BiOp Says New Ocean Fishing Regimes From Alaska To California Will Benefit Basin Salmon
    • Delta Canal Plan Returns to Life
    • New fisheries economic impact data
    • California salmon deal fishy
    • Are Hungry Sea Lions Eating Spawning Salmon?
    • In the drying West, dams are no longer the answer
    • Shutting off the water pumps to save delta smelt unwarranted
    • Fish's memories last for months, say scientists
    • Nature Conservancy backs Delta canal, with conditions
    • Chinook returning to Sacramento River down
    • California's snowpack levels breed new water worries
    • Delta canal plan likely to land in court, experts agree
    • Canada-U.S. salmon pact renewed
    • Bush to Protect Vast New Pacific Tracts
    • Delta Vision Committee Carries Water for Central Valley Agribusiness
    • Delta fish hit record lows in 2008
    • On the surface, ag doesn't pollute water
    • Don't give up yet on saving Tuolumne River salmon
    • Another View: Sanitation agency ready to help Delta
    • Outdoors Notebook: Outlook good for summer salmon returns
    • Delta canal timeline outlined
    • Governor's Panel Urges Breaking Ground on Peripheral Canal in 2011
    • Coho salmon are bred for diversity, strength
    • Avoid riverbed near hatchery to protect new salmon eggs
    • Peripheral canal, new levees urged for delta
    • Panel urges building of delta canal
    • Only snow-deep, Sierra survey is cause for drought concern
    • Many delta islands may be lost
    • Sea lions along Sacramento River blamed for salmon decline
    • California panel misses deadline for Delta report
    • Giant gates mulled for Delta, to the chagrin of some
    • Water, economy key issues for 2009
    • California sues federal government over changes in Endangered Species Act
    • Agreement to take down Klamath dams? Not likely
    • Who loses when the state plants trout? Maybe the angler
    • Sierra snowpack below normal, surveyors find
    • Salmon hatcheries report on their egg collection
    • Court Decision Banning Trout Plants Will Have Wide Ranging Impact
    • Agencies' report warns of faster climate change
    • Is this picture in danger of disappearing?
    • Environmental concerns halt state's trout stocking
    • Sierra Warming: Later snow, earlier melt: High anxiety
    • Big impact for little fish on California's water outlook
    • Restrictions Increase Uncertainty Over Delta Water
    • Delta issues hold key to future water supply reliability
    • Delta dilemma
    • My View: Many Delta regulations miss the mark
    • Robust run expected for Columbia River spring chinook
    • Higher fuel prices notwithstanding, fisheries did well in 2008
    • Ocean conditions in Oregon among best for fish in 50 years
    • Willamette spring chinook fishery on horizon
    • Near-Shore Survey Suggests 2008 Ocean Conditions For Fish One Of The Best On Record
    • New Study Details How Ocean Fish Farming Harms Wild Salmon
    • Reclamation's 5-Year Study Concludes Large, New Reservoir in Yakima Basin Not Justified
    • Oregon Surprises Washington On Catch-Sharing Plan; 'Meeting Of The Minds' Necessary
    • States still hashing out spring chinook policy
    • State must boost water storage
    • Accept reality of limits in Delta
    • Governor's aides OK water strategy
    • U.S. tightens the tap on water from Northern California
    • Delta water use restriction permanent
    • Smelts like deeper water trouble for Californians
    • U.S. issues rules to protect Delta smelt
    • Rules protecting smelt cut water supplies to be sent to the Bay Area and LA
    • Delta Water Exports Could Be Reduced by Up to 50 Percent Under New Federal Biological Opinion
    • State water supply may drop 50%
    • Federal Agency Releases New Biological Opinion for Delta Smelt
    • Leaders must take bold action to secure safe water supply for all
    • Feds Re-open Comment Period for Uplisting Delta Smelt
    • Leaders must take bold action to secure safe water supply for all
    • State reviving drought water bank
    • Healthy salmon runs on other rivers raise questions about the Sacramento
    • Idyllic existence hangs in the balance
    • The Delta debate: Resurrecting the canal
    • Washington, Oregon disagree on Columbia spring chinook sharing
    • Fish-counters like what they see
    • Proposed Delta restrictions irk state water officials
    • Salmon recovery comes of age
    • Study Underscores Impact of Court Imposed Water Pumping Restrictions
    • NOAA To Launch ESA Review Of 100 Federally Funded Basin Hatchery Programs
    • Preseason 2009 Forecasts Show Big Returns For Upriver Spring Chinook, Fall Chinook
    • Major changes to Endangered Species Act
    • California's water wars heat up
    • Pressure mounting on smelt study
    • Public comment sought on Delta smelt
    • Feinstein: Delay new water restrictions for fish
    • Huge Columbia spring chinook run forecast
    • Lawsuits pile up over further fish protection
    • Q&A on Delta ecosystem challenge
    • State Water Contractors Challenge Fish and Game Commission Decision on Longfin Smelt
    • Public Water Agencies Throughout California File Suit to Prevent Further Water Cutbacks
    • Don't cause major drought in attempt to protect Delta ecosystem
    • For first time in decades, Kaweah, Kern rivers won't be stocked with fish
    • Baby Fish in Polluted San Francisco Estuary Waters Are Stunted and Deformed
    • Salmon rumor cleared
    • Scientists put high-tech tail on salmon
    • Ocean Acidity Growing Faster Than Once Thought, Impacts Marine Food Webs
    • Researchers Assess, Track Salmonid Parasitic Infection "Whirling Disease"
    • Judge Approves Sea Lion Removal, Appeal Likely; States Fine-Tune Trapping Plan For 2009
    • Trying to halt Delta pumping
    • NOAA Fisheries releases draft document on Chinook salmon bycatch
    • Restore the Delta Unveils 2009 Platform
    • More time for DFG stocking analysis
    • California Salmon and Trout Imperiled
    • My View: Delta water plan is key to California's future
    • It's time to take Delta plan seriously
    • 'Extra' salmon eggs could become fish food
    • Commissions to hear spring chinook allocation recommendation
    • Auburn dam officially dies as board yanks water rights
    • Comments on Delta plan sought at Friday meeting
    • Businesses, watchdogs clash on water policies
    • Coastal salmon at center of forest debate
    • Overfishing pushing salmon stocks near collapse, study warns
    • Group wants chemical-filled farmland retired
    • Normal rainfall predicted for north state this winter
    • Salmon-tracking network challenges conventional wisdom
    • State water supplies increasingly cloudy
    • Who will be Delta's keeper?
    • Pass law to cut delta water use, panel says
    • Delta smelt closer to extinction
    • Salmon prospects slightly brighter for 2009
    • Agreement reached on non-native fish stocking
    • Overwhelmed by conservation, Yolo County wants a say
    • Salmon -- coming back to a classroom near you
    • Pollution of San Francisco Bay Stunting Growth of Striped Bass
    • Critics blast report on state regulation of groundwater use
    • Stream is half full for state's wild fisheries
    • Deal reached to limit planting fish for sport
    • Native fish are dying out, but it's not too late
    • Experts fear 3rd straight dry winter likely
    • Salmon plan puts hook in fishery
    • DWR warns of drought, water rationing in
    • NOAA Pesticides BiOp Says Three Chemicals Endanger Salmon; Calls For Buffer Zones
    • Most state native game fish face extinction
    • San Joaquin River restoration bill postponed until 2009
    • Killer Whales Target Favorite Fish With Sonar?
    • Radio implants to track salmon through Delta
    • More restrictions on Delta water pumping adopted
    • DWR Director Responds to Longfin Smelt Decision
    • Scientists learning about fish habits
    • Will Review Mandated By Congress Shift Columbia Basin Hatchery, Harvest Strategies?
    • Public Agencies Oppose New Threat To Statewide Water Supply
    • Pact unveiled that would remove Klamath River dams
    • Deal reached on San Joaquin River legislation
    • West Coast council approves overhaul of commercial fishing
    • Professor Challenges PPIC Report Backing Peripheral Canal
    • Chinook Salmon's Last Meal?
    • The delta's wake-up call
    • Lore says it'll pour - early, that is
    • Is Schwarzenegger Terminating Salmon Surveys?
    • Salmon run watched with wary eyes
    • 80+ pound king salmon carcass found in Sacramento River tributary!
    • Miniature Tagging, Tracking Opens Secrets: Where Do Fish Come From, Where Do They Go?
    • Water system upgrade gets OK
    • Urgent efforts a race against time
    • Water supply falling short; rationing may be necessary
    • DWR Releases Climate Change White Paper
    • Track the salmon in California
    • Wetland restoration will be first in Delta history
    • Delta Vision not likely to succeed
    • Judge says Calif. wild steelhead must be protected
    • Dams Not Main Cause of Salmon Collapse, Study Says
    • Drought, or water heist?
    • Audit turns up something fishy
    • NOAA Scientists Report Milestone Toward Finding Cure For Salmon Pathogen BKD
    • Ninth Circuit Hears Arguments On NOAA's Wild/ Hatchery ESA Listings Policy
    • Klamath salmon looking good for 2009
    • State officials move to revoke water rights
    • Delta gates proposal churns up controversy
    • Task Force report: Build peripheral canal
    • Only 12K salmon return
    • Water fight swirls
    • Seven Puget Sound Orca Deaths Attributed to Lack of Food
    • Change certain for the delta, report says
    • Microbe being tested as non-toxic answer to quagga mussel problem
    • Judge: Delta salmon 'unquestionably in jeopardy'
    • State of Bay-Delta Science, 2008
    • Judges hear cases on hatchery v. wild salmon
    • FEMA Becomes the Latest Partner in the Effort to Save Salmon
    • Billions of fish, fish eggs die in power plants
    • Governor's panel warns delta must be fixed
    • Government declares beluga whale endangered
    • Delta Vision: Facing facts about California water
    • New vision for California Delta
    • Coho Returns Boosted From 68,600 To 200,000, Many Fish Larger Than Usual
    • Water Agencies Welcome New Vision for Delta
    • Abandoned fishing gear killing Puget Sound animals
    • Strange Fish Found Thriving Five Miles Deep in Pacific
    • Harvest numbers mixed for 2008 salmon season
    • San Joaquin River restoration details still being hashed out
    • Seattle trawlers may face new limits on pollock fishery
    • Killer whales threatened by salmon shortage
    • The 'wildness' of Yuba River salmon
    • Improvements improve fish passage
    • B.C. salmon placed on threatened species list
    • Average rain year won't cut it
    • Tahoe mussel worries on rise
    • 2008 Alaska salmon harvest results in mixed returns
    • Safe bacterium found to kill zebra mussels
    • Tiburon Salmon Institute hosts salmon smolt gala
    • Project Will Help Salmon Through a Tough Spot
    • DWR calls drought ‘most significant in state's history'
    • On California's Coast, Farewell to the King Salmon
    • Sea turtles are back, noshing on jellyfish
    • Survey shows fisheries with bounties are less likely to fail
    • Tiny aquatic pest hits North Coast
    • USGS: Freshwater biodiversity collapsing in North America
    • They're not pretty, or good swimmers, but we need lamprey
    • Upgrade Of Columbia Fall Chinook Return Estimate Leads To More Fishing Days
    • Weather forecasters predict S.J.'s dry spell will likely last all winter
    • New strategy targets abundant salmon runs
    • They're not pretty, or good swimmers, but we need lamprey
    • PFMC Hears Progress Report On Analysis Of West Coast Salmon Stock Decline
    • This Year's Colder Ocean Conditions Off NW Coast Good News For Salmon Growth
    • Ice Core Studies Confirm Accuracy Of Climate Change Computer Models
    • New Washington-Oregon Panel Aims To Recommend Commercial-Sport Harvest Allocations
    • Smelt again at center of water conflict: Environmentalists want 3 dozen contracts canceled or reworked.
    • A Strategy for Coping with Climate Change: Amid rising seas, a California modeling effort recommends abandoning land tracts in the Sacramento Delta.
    • Guest Column: What is behind the salmon decline?
    • Yuba River algae blooms worst in 20 years
    • Cold water rings dinner bell for West Coast salmon
    • Ocean conditions signal West Coast salmon rebound
    • Water: Get over the dams, toward efficiency
    • Drought losses pass a quarter of a billion dollars
    • Study finds California can cut farm water use
    • Latest fish counts show salmon catch will hit targets
    • NOAA Proposes Critical Habitat for Southern Population of North American Green Sturgeon
    • Critical Habitat Protection From Monterey Bay To Canadian Border Proposed For Desperately Imperiled Southern Green Sturgeon
    • FAO Members To Improve On Deep-Sea Fishing
    • Studying several options is a wise approach to state’s water crisis
    • Conflict seen in smelt rules; As water contractors join the rule-making on Delta pumping, group says 'fox is guarding the henhouse.'
    • Commission Votes For Increased Protection Of Longfin Smelt
    • Agency accused of failing to protect coho
    • Drowning California in Canals and Dams With More Bond Money
    • Delta canal alive again? Legislative whispers suggest controversial plan might return
    • Scientists say rules may keep timid fish
    • Move Over California Legislature: State Agency Proposes to Build Peripheral Canal By 2015
    • A 75-year-old promise no longer holds water Backlog of requests for Delta water pile up as experts say system is already maxed out
    • Reviving salmon may help solve other Calif. water problems, a key UC Davis researcher says
    • Groups suing over decline of fish; They say agencies fail to help three species coexist with Yuba River dams
    • Unprecedented Collapse of Central Valley Salmon Is No Surprise
    • Is bass to blame for decline of smelt population?
    • Spawning salmon numbers dwindling in Napa River
    • Why fish love Yolo Bypass just as much as birds
    • Building ban proposed in Marin County to protect salmon
    • Number of returning coho salmon plummet in Marin watershed
    • Marin Coho Salmon Populations Plummet
    • Warmer World May Mean Less Fish
    • U.N. says world fisheries face collapse
    • Global warming might cause Antarctic invasion
    • Climate change threatens world's fish stocks, UN group finds
    • Stuart sockeye headed to extinction
    • It's cold outside, but Lake Superior is getting warmer
    • Devastation of Trawling Visible from Space
    • Scientists blame ocean dead zones on climate change
    • Has An Ocean Circulation Collapse Been Triggered?
    • Climate change creating major impacts on world’s oceans
    • Study Finds Humans' Effect on Oceans Comprehensive
    • As vast as the oceans are, almost no waters remain untouched by human activities
    • Scientists looking wide and deep find damage almost everywhere
    • Huge study gives wake-up call on state of world's oceans
    • Increased CO2 level threatens coral reefs
    • No ocean is untainted by the polluting hand of Man
    • Living Corals Thousands Of Years Old Hold Clues To Past Climate Changes
    • Fishing bycatch is 'junk food' for sea birds
    • Salmon farms destroying wild salmon populations in Canada
    • Accidental chinook catch among pollock is an issue
    • Sea lions feasted on slightly fewer salmon
    • Groups to file suit over latest salmon plan
    • Low west coast salmon returns; why the variations?
    • Cormorants now champion consumers of Columbia juvenile salmonids
    • Fall salmon seasons will be down
    • Big ball of Columbia River sturgeon baffles experts Tens of thousands of sturgeon are found bunched up below Bonneville Dam
    • Concerns are growing that the lower Columbia needs more monitoring of poisons
    • Agencies issue plan to run Columbia dams, preserve salmon
    • What It Will Take to Save Wild Salmon
    • Nearly 100 Members of Congress Sign Salmon Plan Letter to NOAA
    • Dam rules extended as salmon plan written
    • Congress Urges Federal Government to Base Salmon Recovery Plan on Sound Science and Economics
    • State predicts increase in Columbia chinook
    • Focus of this year’s spring chinook fishery will shift upstream on the Columbia River
    • No commercial season here for the king of salmon will have an outsized impact
    • Early forecast for Columbia coho is cloudy
    • Sea lions vs. salmon: Restore balance and common sense
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    • Murky options
    • Salmon season opens with a whimper
    • Mercury found in fish from S.F. water supply
    • Work begins on Battle Creek dams removal
    • Threatened Santa Ana sucker fish could get new habitat protections
    • What's next for the water bond?
    • Weather mars opening of salmon season
    • The Fourth is a License Free Fishing Day
    • Schwarzenegger calls for $11 billion water bond to be pulled from November ballot
    • Seafood Watchdog Warns To 'Avoid' Oregon Coast Salmon
    • Rockfish program signals shift in state fisheries policy
    • Bass-shad study to reduce non-native fish impacts on ESA-listed salmonids
    • Calif increases water allotment after storms
    • With numbers up, sockeye season may hit Columbia
    • DFG working through fish plant reports
    • Now is the time to catch Columbia shad
    • 16.5M baby salmon released into Calif. waterways
    • Fish face-off
    • Mattole coho on the brink
    • Fish and Game halts Russian River setnet program
    • A plan to kill the Stanislaus River
    • Bill seeks to strike clause from water bond
    • Libby Dam spill test for sturgeon spawning ends
    • Steelhead rules liberalized for Sandy, Clackamas and Willamette rivers
    • Young salmon released in Santa Cruz
    • Striped bass: Delta villains?
    • San Joaquin Valley water allocation boosted again
    • Spring rains a shot in the arms for Lake Oroville
    • Recycled water systems ripple out in Bay Area
    • Save the Stanislaus River
    • This time, will we end the water war?
    • Summer chinook fishing to open with run expected above average
    • Salmon seasons announced for Northern California rivers
    • Science task force announces strategies to integrate BDCP BiOp
    • Cattle cannot muddy Ore. steelhead streams
    • Washington state sued to win water for endangered salmon
    • Kenai River in Alaska closed for king salmon fishing
    • Groups sue over endangered salmon
    • Third season Of sea lion trapping ends
    • Groups sue for more water over dams for salmon
    • Scientists team with fishermen on study of ocean salmon migration
    • Report finds delta among most vulnerable rivers
    • Federal govt protects sturgeon in Sacramento River
    • Can't waste one fish specie to help another
    • Fourth-graders raise, release salmon for tracking
    • Legislature rejects study of peripheral canal alternative
    • Nine more years for selenium runoff cleanup
    • Salmon fishing regulations set for Feather and Sacramento rivers
    • Extra pumping starts in Delta a day after court ruling
    • Salmon ride smoothly through eight dams
    • Fresno judge lifts delta pumping restrictions
    • Innovation will help to meet Central Valley water needs
    • ODFW estimates high Rogue River salmon returns
    • Review finds Oregon coastal coho still at risk
    • Sacramento wrangling over water bond money
    • Dual strategy ramps up to increase fish survival
    • Scientist forced to resign from Delta pollution panel
    • Summer steelhead returning strong
    • Mixed feelings about new salmon rules
    • Last of 1.3 million salmon trucked to bay
    • California Delta faces many issues
    • Obama Administration backs Bush-era salmon plan
    • Commerce limits pollock fleet's salmon bycatch
    • Global warming threatens trout and salmon
    • Judge reverses stance on Delta rules
    • Fish passage improvement project on pace
    • Studies link Sacramento sewage to Delta fish decline
    • Salmon smolts trucked from Anderson to Bay
    • Feds, PG&E warned about declining salmon runs
    • Voter anger could doom $11 billion water bond
    • Spring chinook reared in estuary net pens returning
    • Sea lions continue to munch endangered salmon
    • Go fish?
    • Salmon release changed to prevent 'straying'
    • Feds fine Healdsburg grape grower for salmon kill
    • Board approves study of Shasta Nation fish bypass proposal
    • West Coast salmon fishing to be monitored
    • Studies underway on Klamath River dam removal
    • Early results of salmon count have scientists upbeat
    • BPA renews war on pikeminnows
    • Too ugly to save? Pacific lamprey numbers plummet
    • Sockeye anglers hopeful that permanent Cedar River hatchery is still a go
    • Klamath Basin plan splits up meager water
    • Terns consume 15 percent of estuary juvenile salmon in 2009
    • Oregon conference discusses protecting wild salmon
    • Late spawn doesn't help lake's fishery
    • Opaque transparency
    • Calif. regulates power plants to save marine life
    • State paying anglers to keep rainbow trout
    • EPA presses pesticide makers to protect salmon
    • Shasta River coho rescue under way
    • New U.S. panel aims to unify smelt, salmon protection
    • Final state snow survey of the year shows good outlook
    • Upper Deschutes Basin Salmon, Steelhead Responding To Underwater Tower/Collection Facility
    • Can California finally solve Delta crisis?
    • 2010 sea lion salmon predation breaking records
    • Pikeminnow aren't only good-looking, they're valuable
    • Oil spill imperils Gulf Coast fishing industry
    • The baby salmon feeding frenzy in San Pablo Bay
    • Federal salmon plans unveiled in Fresno
    • NOAA fisheries protects 3 rockfish
    • Calif. lawmakers reject hurdle for delta canal
    • Tribal chinook fishing begins
    • Salmon hitch ride out to sea
    • Calif. Spends $16.7M on "Crappy" Trout Projects
    • Invasive weed spreads through Lake Tahoe, Truckee River
    • Calif. boosts water deliveries to cities, farms
    • Endangered sturgeon fish flourishing in Wisconsin
    • Fish's comeback gets an upgrade
    • Feds agree to continue spring spill for juvenile salmon, steelhead
    • Salmon-fishing seasons to be adopted Friday
    • Officials delay decision on salmon fishing
    • Comment opens on relisting Sacramento splittail
    • Lake Shasta just 10 feet from being full
    • Can California fix the Delta before disaster strikes?
    • NOAA will mix spills and barges to help young salmon
    • First fall-run chinook salmon fishing since '07 expected
    • Feds to follow panel's advice on salmon migration
    • Central Valley fish might be declared endangered
    • The salmon puzzle
    • Expected chinook numbers will spawn high hopes
    • Striped bass protections bill faces vocal opposition
    • Steller sea lions stealing salmon
    • Water bond needed to save delta
    • Salmon fishing seasons set
    • Central Valley Project increases water allocations
    • On the brink of extinction
    • Fish and Game continues to clear eastern Sierra waters
    • Feds mulling the options for a North Coast fishing season
    • Panel recommends spilling, barging of salmon
    • Pacific Fishery council moves to open Oregon Coast
    • Science panel opposes plan for Snake/Columbia salmon
    • Protect fish to protect fisheries
    • Saving the salmon fishing industry
    • $768 for every salmon caught in Puget Sound
    • Hazing cormorants to protect juvenile salmon, steelhead
    • Chinook salmon may be barged around dams
    • Feds say coho salmon can be saved
    • Striped bass protections stay put
    • Water over the dam works for salmon
    • Valley water agencies await fish ruling
    • Economist says salmon closure cost 1,800 their jobs, not 23,000
    • Water supply up, but pumps shut down
    • Alaska felt-sole ban clarified
    • Salmon opener a mixed bag
    • Hunt for illegal sturgeon anglers mostly fruitless
    • Conflicts alleged for 2 on Delta water council
    • Delta smelt move closer to being ‘endangered'
    • Fish ladders modified to improve lamprey passage
    • Sea lions are killed for eating endangered fish
    • Fishermen try to save Chinook salmon in Delta
    • Steelhead monitoring station's numbers are encouraging
    • Delta council faces critics, scrutiny
    • Local congressmen attend salmon summit
    • Cormorant hazing starts next week on north coast estuaries
    • Judge to farmers: water restrictions stay
    • Get a Lode of the spring snow
    • Federal ruling slows Delta pumping
    • Corps releases possible dam breaching plan of study
    • Bill aims to take bass out of Delta
    • Fishermen weigh salmon options
    • Recreational salmon fishing returns Saturday
    • Emergency coho recovery measures
    • Fish-friendly hydro turbines on the drawing board
    • Public meeting to address Nestucca River salmon issues
    • New law will end a 60-year fishing tradition
    • Full story of Delta stressors yet to be revealed
    • Staging a comeback
    • Fish-spawning prototype feeds into hatchery
    • San Joaquin River's flow extends to Pacific again
    • Klamath River fish diseases spreading
    • Ground broken for Red Bluff fish passage project
    • Rule aims to limit accidental salmon catch
    • Poison picked for eliminating cutthroat trout
    • Pesticides detected in Washington salmon habitats
    • Historic renewal
    • Commercial fishery called off - again
    • Hatchery steelhead program to end in upper Cowlitz
    • Hearings could set new course for Delta
    • What don't we know about the Columbia salmon plan?
    • Assessment of all West Coast salmon, steelhead ESA listings
    • Scientists side with smelt, salmon protections
    • Changes coming for Columbia summer, fall chinook regulations
    • Judge orders review of water pumping limits
    • Water bank violated environmental laws
    • Kulongoski declares drought in Klamath Basin
    • Rain boosts Delta water supply allocations
    • Pacific smelt under Endangered Species Act
    • Changes needed to rules governing delta smelt
    • More salmon coming back: good news for fish and farms?
    • As pro anglers leave, Delta's focus turns to another bass
    • Early ocean salmon season canceled off Oregon
    • The war on salmon
    • Fish restoration could be a catch for Rio Vista
    • Better salmon year expected
    • Record steelhead return continues
    • More water to pour from Friant Dam to river
    • Fishermen likely to see limited salmon season
    • Bassmaster Elite Series opens in California
    • California lawmakers blast administration on state's water woes
    • Invasive species limiting food supply for Great Lakes fish
    • Delta oversight panel already being undermined
    • Salmon fishery doubtful for 2010
    • Another water project could divide the state
    • Sea lions to be killed to save salmon
    • El Nino may affect West Coast fisheries
    • Salmon net pen may mean more catches for anglers by 2011