It was regulations day Friday on the Oregon Coast. The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission met in Lincoln City and gaveled home 2026 rules for summer offshore salmon in nearshore state waters, ...

It would be the seventh disaster declaration since 2016 for the state’s coastal salmon fisheries, which have been hit by warming waters and drought from climate change. FILE - This August 2017 photo ...

The first time I tasted the smoked salmon from Neah-Kah-Nie Smokehouse, it didn’t come from the counter—it came from a neighbor. I was still new to the Oregon coast, learning its rhythms, when my ...

For the seventh time in less than a decade, Oregon’s commercial fishermen, governor and congressional delegation are asking for federal aid to soften the blow of climate change on the state’s ocean ...

In Astoria and Warrenton, Oregon, chasing salmon at the season's peak is a rite of summer. It has been for thousands of years. The post Battling Salmon at Buoy 10 on the Columbia River appeared first ...

The number of coho salmon returning to Oregon’s coastal rivers has improved dramatically in recent years, to the point that the salmonoid may qualify for removal from the federal Endangered Species ...

NOAA Fisheries has announced up to $99 million in grants through the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund, targeting ...

Co-management of a Chinook salmon hatchery on the Coquille river in southwest Oregon has helped the fish population thrive again. That means Chinook fishing could soon return. Natural populations of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Two species of Chinook salmon will not be added to the federal endangered species list. In a report published Dec. 8, the National Marine Fisheries Service and the National ...

Chinook salmon, pictured here, is Oregon’s official state fish and is of high cultural value to Northwest tribes and high economic value to Oregon’s coastal economies. (Photo courtesy of Pacific ...