Eulachon smelt, also known as candlefish ... These small, oily fish spend most of their lives in the ocean and typically die after spawning. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife authorized ...

Longfin smelt live for several years, spawning in freshwater and inhabiting estuaries and nearshore waters, and even ranging out into the ocean. Usually growing from 3.5 to 4.3 inches as adults, these ...

These small, silvery fish spend most of their lives in the ocean, migrating upstream to spawn and typically dying shortly after. Anglers were reminded that it is illegal to collect dead smelt ...

and eulachon smelt are occasionally available for recreational harvest. These fish, known for their elongated bodies and silvery sides, spend most of their lives in the ocean before migrating up ...

eulachon smelt have a lot in common with Pacific salmon and steelhead. They rely on many of the same streams and habitats along the West Coast, and they’re anadromous, which means they spend the ...

The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office confiscated approximately 2,500 pounds of illegally harvested smelt last week, after a poaching prevention operation conducted with Oregon State Police.

Below, in the clear water, thousands of smelt streamed by, each one about 6 inches long. They spend their adult lives in the ocean, then return to their native stream to spawn and die. Little did ...

LONGVIEW — This year’s Cowlitz River smelt dipping season went out a lot like it started: without much happening. The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday that no one ...

Probably the most controversial fish in this region, if not in California as a whole, is the Delta Smelt. The Delta smelt is the poster child of all that is wrong in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Like Pacific salmon, these cigar-sized swimmers spend most of their lives in the ocean before returning to freshwater to spawn and die. Smelt are not as big, common, or iconic as salmon.

Longfin smelt live for several years, spawning in freshwater and inhabiting estuaries and nearshore waters, and even ranging out into the ocean. Usually growing from 3.5 to 4.3 inches as adults, these ...