HEATHER WALDMAN EXPLAINS WHAT HAPPENED. WELL, THIS IS THE TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN NATIVE CHINOOK SALMON RETURN FROM THE OCEAN TO THEIR NATIVE RIVERS IN ORDER TO BEGIN SPAWNING SEASON AND THE SALMON ...

PORT TOWNSEND –– The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries Division will hold a public meeting at Fort Worden State Park next week to discuss its draft environmental impact ...

SACRAMENTO — It's a stressful time for salmon in the American River as they are unable to swim upstream at the Nimbus Fish Hatchery. The opening of the Nimbus Fish Hatchery's salmon ladder was ...

OROFINO, Idaho – There was a fishing village here once. Every spring, different bands of the Nez Perce tribe trekked to this spot, nestled between the pine-covered ridges along the Clearwater River.

To start the process of euthanasia, Minto Fish Facility workers funnel Spring Chinook salmon into a water tank treated with a natural anesthetic to put them to sleep. (Alanna Madden/Courthouse News) ...

As a matter of pure scientific fact, which any sincere naturalist will confirm … hatcheries have been found out to be merely rackets.” —Zane Grey, in a letter to the News-Review, Roseburg, Oregon, ...

In Ontario, fish culture and stocking activities date back to 1866. Today there are nine ministry-run fish culture stations growing fish for stocking in waterways across the province. Each year, the ...

PORTLAND – A federal agency on Thursday recommended the continued operation of hatcheries in the Columbia River Basin, with focus on programs that minimize risks to wild salmon and steelhead. The ...

BOWDEN, WV — Gov. Jim Justice today announced the reopening of the Bowden State Fish Hatchery, which has been closed since 2020 for major renovations. The hatchery features more than one mile of ...

Hatchery-reared fish would get the heave ho from certain rivers along the Oregon Coast under the latest strategy to help Oregon's wild salmon and steelhead. The new management plan proposed by the ...

The Barnwell Fish Hatchery is back in operation, more than a decade after it was closed due to budget cuts to the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. The 68-year-old facility now has a scaled-down ...