40,000 pink salmon invade the Tana river
Enormous numbers of invasive pink salmon have spawned in the Norwegian Tana river system. The Tana is regarded as one of the most important spawning …
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Sockeye salmon catches could drop by 26% during future heat waves
In the summer of 2021, extreme heat waves rolled in across Western North America causing environmental devastation and killing hundreds of Canadians in its wake. …
Despite the rumors, it’s not up your urethra
The Amazon River basin’s most notorious bloodsuckers may not be all drama and gore after all. New findings suggest that some candiru—the vampire fish—may …
An out-of-place fish showed up at Lower Granite Dam.
Not so pretty in pink. A pink salmon was captured in the Lower Granite Dam fish trap. It’s one of only a handful of pinks …
Non-native fish are main consumers of salmon in reservoirs
Might be time to change that pike minnow bounty to a walleye bounty. When warm water fish species like bass, walleye, and crappie that are …
Vail Resorts snowmaking tank suspected in large fish die-off
A large die-off of fish in Mill Creek and Gore Creek over the weekend from a suspected accidental discharge from a tank used for snowmaking …
$2.5 Million Fine For Spraying Pesticides Near B.C. river
Pesticides and fish don’t mix. Canadian National Railway Company (CN) was fined $2.5 million after pleading guilty to discharging pesticides in or around fish-bearing waters. …
Treasured US West trout streams wither amid heat, drought
Another day, another story about the plight of western trout streams in the midst of a warming planet. The North Platte River in southern Wyoming …
Idaho officials propose limited steelhead harvest
The worst returns in history and Idaho sticks with the status quo. Idaho fisheries managers are proposing to reduce bag limits for steelhead but not …
New Study Finds Age and Growth of Trevally
The Journal of Fish Biology published the first robust age and maturity study on ulua aukea and omilu by Hawaii fishery scientists. Poseidon Fisheries Research …