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Fish traps on the Columbia River between Washington and Oregon. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Fish traps return to the Columbia– opportunity or another fight over access?

NF Staff

Jayde Ferguson, fish pathologist at the ADF&G, is assessing Yukon River Chinook salmon heart tissue samples for the severity of Ichthyophonus parasite infections and associated disease using histology. The parasites can be seen on the computer screen, whi

Study pinpoints severity of pathogens harmful to Pacific salmon

Margaret Bauman

Ben Rich, left, and Peter Westley with invasive northern pike netted on the bank of the Deshka River in Southcentral Alaska. Photo by John Hermus, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service / University of Alaska Fairbanks

Warmer waters boost appetite of invasive pike for salmon

Margaret Bauman

Three proposed total allowable catch alternatives for Chinook and coho salmon during the upcoming Oregon salmon seasons. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

PFMC to host public meeting on salmon management alternatives

Margaret Bauman

Photographer Chris Miller sitting in front of acid mine drainage from the abandoned Tulsequah Chief Mine, which has been contaminating the transboundary Taku River for almost 70 years. The Taku empties into the ocean just south of Juneau. Photo by Chris M

Better protections sought for salmon habitat in transboundary waters

Margaret Bauman

Three proposals require that recognized best-practice bycatch mitigation tools be used in groundfish harvesting within state waters. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

New proposals would protect Alaska waters from bottom trawling

Margaret Bauman

California’s salmon fishery is set to reopen this spring. Photo courtesy of Bob Reynold / Shutterstock

Calif. salmon season reopens, but commercial fleet faces uncertainty

NF Staff

The Klamath River mouth. Photo courtesy of Thomas Dunklin / NOAA Fisheries

Thousands of fall Chinook salmon return to Klamath River Basin

Margaret Bauman

"The health of our fisheries and the impact of trawling has emerged as a top tier issue for Alaska’s decision makers," stated operations director Ryan Astalos. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Thousands of Alaskans urge Begich to ban bottom trawling

NF Staff

“Time and temperature is quality,” MJ Jackson said in an interview for the Talking Shop on a Low Carbon Fleet series for National Fisherman. Pictured is the Robin slurry ice machine. Photo courtesy of Robin

Refrigeration, slurry ice and why fish quality comes first

Carli Stewart

New research may help scientists and fisheries managers reduce the bycatch of chum salmon and Chinook salmon in the eastern Bering Sea pollock fishery. Photo courtesy of Roger Tabor / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Western Alaska chum salmon cap set for pollock fishery

Margaret Bauman