Salmon prices are soaring in Japan due to dwindling populations in the country's waters, and climate change is the culprit. As detailed by Japan Today, a researcher determined that chum salmon in the ...

Salmon are an integral part of Washington’s ecosystem and cultural heritage. From stream to sea, many species rely on them to bring nutrients from the ocean back to creeks. Small bugs feed on their ...

Salmon are legendary for their commitment to procreation. You know the drill: They wander the ocean before returning to rivers where they hatched, fire themselves upstream to spawn, and then drop dead ...

The annual fall count of migrating summer chum salmon came to a close Oct. 15, with another positive sign for the species.

Spawning salmon have returned to Whatcom County creeks. Adult chum salmon are back in droves this fall, following the trend of returning in mid-November to lay their eggs before dying, decomposing and ...

Something’s in the water and it’s worth celebrating. Salmon have a known presence in the Pacific Northwest, particularly as they visibly return to spawn. Gig Harbor – like many cities around the Puget ...

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council approved options for limiting the Bering Sea pollock fleet’s take of chum salmon during an October meeting that displayed the fault lines separating the ...

Fish pathologist Jayde Ferguson places cell samples on a microscope at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game laboratory in Anchorage on Aug. 17, 2023. (Kavitha George/Alaska Public Media) Scientists ...

For years, residents along the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers have accused fishermen operating in marine waters north of the Alaska Peninsula of intercepting too many river-bound salmon, sometimes in ...