An angler shows off a big hatchery steelhead taken on the Cowlitz River. While hatchery winter steelhead are tough to forecast, the wild return of Columbia River winter steelhead is expected to be ...

Lower Columbia River spring Chinook salmon seasons closed June 1, 2023, due to low salmon returns. (Terry Otto for The Columbian) The recreational fishery for spring Chinook salmon and steelhead on ...

Fishermen along the Fraser River in British Columbia are having the best sockeye salmon season in memory. A salmon run estimated at 25 million fish means long hours and big bucks for the anglers.

Land Economics, Vol. 83, No. 1, Recent Developments in Fisheries Economics (Feb., 2007), pp. 23-40 (18 pages) Resource managers struggled to discharge their responsibilities as the British Columbia ...

Blame my late start to the fall salmon season on high water temperature and late-arriving fish. Waiting for the river to cool down and salmon passage counts to build, I spent September afternoons ...

Conservation groups delivered nearly 30,000 letters to Canadian lawmakers opposing mining developments in British Columbia, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Known for its diverse runs of salmon, the Columbia River draws thousands of anglers to test their luck each year. But with salmon runs nowhere near what they once were, fishing is ...

Faced with one of the best fishing years in decades for coho salmon, but shackled by a limited quota, federal managers will close all salmon fishing off the mouth of the Columbia River starting Monday ...

ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER >> James Kiona stands on a rocky ledge overlooking Lyle Falls where the water froths and rushes through steep canyon walls just before merging with the Columbia River. His ...