B ack in November, the fish-loving community was chuffed to the gills after several dead Chinook salmon carcasses floated to ...

The young spring-run Chinook salmon are part of a pilot project that may one day become a full reintroduction program, with the eventual goal of returning the fish to their historic spawning ...

California's fishing fleet depends on catching Chinook salmon. Low population numbers could lead regulators to shut down or ...

Despite the closure of salmon fishing in California river and ocean waters in 2023 and 2024, the number of Fall Chinook Salmon returning to both the Sacramento and Klamath River Basins was well ...

The fishing industry depends on fall-run Chinook, which migrate upstream to spawn from July through December. Other salmon runs have declined to a point that they are at risk of extinction.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife, along with federal and local agencies, launched a pilot program to reintroduce Chinook salmon into their historic spawning grounds in the North Yuba ...

Several months after the start of a pilot program aiming to restore salmon runs in California’s Sierra County, Chinook salmon can be found in the North Yuba River “for the first time in close ...

"There are a number of different things that we're going to be able to learn from this." Scientists stunned by reappearance ...

They return in the spring from the ocean to coastal freshwater rivers, staying for months in deep pools until they spawn in the fall. Spring-run Chinook have unique habitat requirements for ...

Spectacular drone footage captured Southern Resident Killer Whales as they made their way through the Monterey Bay frolicking and searching for food.

For the first time in more than 80 years, Chinook salmon are swimming in the North Yuba River in Northern California thanks to an innovative wildlife program. The California Department of Fish and ...

Lingcod fishing is open March 8 through Oct. 18. Daily aggregate limit is nine bottomfish and includes a sub-limit of seven ...