PORTLAND – A federal agency on Thursday recommended the continued operation of hatcheries in the Columbia River Basin, with focus on programs that minimize risks to wild salmon and steelhead. The ...

The successful farming of tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) in India is mainly due to the existence of some 300 hatcheries whose capacity to produce 12 000 million postlarvae (PL) annually has provided ...

While NOAA Fisheries blamed climate change for the dramatic decline of the crabs, crabbers said they’ve also been victimized by inaccurate data and poor management decisions. Crabbers and ...

Yanking a salmon out of the Columbia River, fishermen look for a tiny indicator of whether the catch is a keeper. Yanking a salmon out of the Columbia River, fishermen look for a tiny indicator of ...

HEATHER WALDMAN EXPLAINS WHAT HAPPENED. WELL, THIS IS THE TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN NATIVE CHINOOK SALMON RETURN FROM THE OCEAN TO THEIR NATIVE RIVERS IN ORDER TO BEGIN SPAWNING SEASON AND THE SALMON ...

Few things define Alaskans more than our love of salmon. Not surprisingly, salmon allocation decisions and fluctuations in resource abundance often spur bitter political battles between user groups. A ...

Rick Zollman stands at the edge of a rectangular, concrete pool, peering into the water below. Tens of thousands of juvenile chinook salmon rush toward him, their speckled backs and silver bellies ...

Using real-time ocean management to regulate fisheries can significantly reduce accidental bycatch with less economic impact on fishermen, a study finds. By comparing results from six types of fishery ...

Attention to detail is everything when it comes to successful breeding and hatching, as our special report makes clear. In the first article, Wendy Short looks at hatchery management. There is a ...