Sep. 6—The following is a release concerning the commercial troll season from the Us / Canada border to Cape Falcon in southwest Oregon. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in consultation ...

The Alaska Board of Fisheries voted to ban spotter planes in Southeast salmon fisheries and provided some relief to struggling commercial troll fishermen on Friday, the first full day of deliberations ...

A controversial 2023 court ruling ordering the closure of commercial trolling for king salmon, or chinook, in Southeast Alaska has been lifted. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday partially ...

Dave Bitts can bring in over 100 salmon by himself. “That’s an exceptionally good day. If I catch 20 fish it’s worth the trip,” says Bitts. At 76, he still fishes for salmon alone. Standing in the ...

The 2025 commercial salmon fishing season in California will be closed for an unprecedented third year running, and sportfishing will be restricted to only a few days due to dwindling numbers of fish, ...

Ocean fishery managers adopted their most severe limits on commercial and sport salmon fishing in state history Thursday, but stopped short of a ban, regulators said. The restrictions, aimed at ...

CHARLESTON - A half-dozen commercial salmon fishermen gathered around a speakerphone on Friday morning at the Charleston Marina recreation room, listening to Oregon Salmon Commission members discuss ...

MILLBRAE -- In contrast to the stormy protests of earlier years, federal regulators heard no objections Wednesday when they banned salmon fishing off California for the second straight year. The ...

ASTORIA — John Hill has stories to tell about troll fishing. Through five decades and three troll boats, Hill fished for salmon on the West Coast from Eureka, Calif., to Alaska. Hill retired in 1985, ...

A panel of federal judges will hear oral arguments on Thursday, in an appeal of a lower court ruling that threatened to halt the Southeast troll fishery for king salmon. The Alaska Trollers ...