William Smith has long fished the California coast for salmon, taking avid anglers out on his boat in hopes they'll get to ...

Smitty," now spends time on the seas with aspiring whale watchers, or scattering the ashes of the deceased — whatever it takes to stay afloat since salmon fishing was barred in California two years ...

Pennsylvania’s wildlife is facing an uphill battle. As habitats become increasingly fragmented due to infrastructure ...

Salmon must swim upstream to lay their eggs ... While fishermen can still catch halibut, cod and striped bass along the extensive Pacific coastline, they say without the all-popular King Salmon ...

Jamie O’Neill, owner of Seattle-based Dock Street Brokers, said many of California’s commercial salmon fishermen are getting out of the business, selling their permits or simply letting them expire.