Fishery regulators have voted to ban commercial fishing for Chinook salmon along the California coast for an unprecedented third consecutive year because of low population numbers. A fishery ...

We wouldn’t wish this on anyone, but it is exactly what is happening to the Chinook Indian Nation because of the Washington and Oregon congressional delegation’s inaction. Our Chinook Indian ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— The Center for Biological Diversity and Pacific Rivers filed a petition today to protect Washington coast spring-run Chinook salmon under the federal Endangered Species Act. The ...

In response to a petition by the Native Fish Society, Center for Biological Diversity and Umpqua Watersheds, the National Marine Fisheries Service determined today that the Oregon Coast and southern ...

The Pacific Fishery Management Council cited the latest state estimates showing the number of Sacramento River fall-run Chinook salmon remains very low, with an estimated 166,000 fish in the ocean ...

A commercial fishing hoist dangles among crab traps at Santa Cruz Harbor in Santa Cruz. (Nic Coury / For The Times) ...