With salmon populations struggling, fishery officials have decided to ban fishing along the California coast for a second straight year. The Pacific Fishery Management Council, a multi-state, ...

Spring Chinook salmon fishing is reopening on the lower Columbia River for two weekends in May and four days in June, it was announced Wednesday, May 15, 2024, by Washington and Oregon fishery ...

William "Captain Smitty" Smith stands for a portrait at Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay in 2024. (Loren Elliott / For The Times) After a two-year shutdown, fishing boats will fan out along the ...

Federal fishery managers voted Wednesday to cancel all commercial and recreational salmon fishing off the coast of California for the second year in a row, and only the fourth time in state history, ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Salmon are among the most iconic fish to swim the waters of North America. They are a prized catch for commercial and recreational fishermen ...

Three ocean salmon fishing catch-quota options were set by state and federal fisheries officials, and it could mirror last summer’s good season. “Our quota range for coho encompasses last year, but it ...

Lake Ontario had another great year in 2023. Not that things were bad, but perceptions can be deceiving. Reduced stocking of chinook salmon and lake trout, a new salmon stocking strategy and decreased ...

Commercial fisherman George Jue cuts swordfish scraps to use as crab bait at Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay in 2024. The salmon fishing season has been canceled in 2023 and 2024 because the fish ...