Science has shown us repeatedly that no amount of harvest reduction can increase salmon production until we improve spawning ...
For more than 20 years, fisheries managers set Chinook salmon recovery goals, closed fishing seasons, and rationed some tribal catches down to a handful of ceremonial fish. The whole time, ocean ...
The intense marine heat wave conditions that began roiling the Bering Sea in about 2016 resulted in the lowest winter sea ice ...
In drought years and when marine heat waves warm the Pacific Ocean, late-migrating juvenile spring-run Chinook salmon of California's Central Valley are the ultimate survivors. They are among the few ...
Rates of Chinook salmon bycatch in the Pacific hake fishery rise during years when ocean temperatures are warmer, a signal that climate change and increased frequency of marine heatwaves could lead to ...
A deckhand nets a salmon reeled in from the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Ilwaco. (Photo by Al Thomas) Salmon fishing in the ocean at Marine Area 1 (Ilwaco) will close beginning Tuesday after ...
(Beyond Pesticides, April 12, 2022) A recent study published in Scientific Reports warns that parasitic salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) in Pacific Ocean open-net fish farming operations are ...
Bureau of Land Management/Flickr A new study suggests that salmon will not be immune to the effects of ocean acidification. Scientists found that changes to ocean chemistry disrupt a fish’s ability to ...
The late-migrating juvenile spring-run Chinook salmon are crucial to the survival of the population in drought years. (Photo by Jeremy Notch, UCSC) This photo of an otolith (salmon ear bone) shows the ...