A federal regulatory group voted Thursday to officially close king salmon fishing season along much of the West Coast after near-record low numbers of the fish, also known as chinook, returned to ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Chinook salmon stocks along the West Coast are so low fishery managers have officially canceled both the commercial and most of the recreational fishing season from northern ...

Chinook salmon fishing off the California coast will be called off until next spring in anticipation that a near-record-low number of fish will return to the state's rivers to spawn. The ...

SACRAMENTO – The number of fall-run Chinook salmon returning to federal ... Feather and American rivers – relatively low numbers of fish have come back to spawn in the low and warm conditions.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The number of chinook salmon returning to the Central Valley of California reached a near-record low last year, pointing to an "unprecedented collapse" that could trigger severe ...

A very low return of spring Chinook salmon in the South Umpqua River has conservationists alarmed. Several groups now want the fish given federal protection. Fall Chinook salmon swim upstream near ...

because biologists predict adult Chinook return numbers to be low. Fish biologist Kyle Legare measures a salmon on a PUD smolt trap near Sportsman Park in Sultan, Washington on May 6, 2024.

“Some of our chinook escapement projects started in the early 1970s. And at that time, escapements were extremely low,” Richards said. “Once again, we don’t know why. But that was a period ...

With Chinook continuing to slide toward extinction, tribes of the Skagit Valley say more than ever, Seattle needs to stop blocking salmon with its Skagit River dams. Donald Trump suffers double ...

SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. — The population of summer-fall Chinook salmon expected this year on Washington's Skagit River will be the lowest in nearly 15 years, dealing another devastating blow to ...