PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon is set to receive a “lifeline” $7 million in federal funding to address the state’s fishery disaster impacting Chinook salmon, lawmakers announced last week. Commercial ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A group of Oregon Democratic lawmakers are urging the Trump administration to declare a fishery disaster in the state after a drop in the salmon population. In an April 11 ...
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. — Oregon Chinook salmon fisheries could be eligible for federal funding due to a fishery resource disaster, Governor Tina Kotek’s office said Friday. On Friday, U.S. Secretary of ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A tanker truck overturned in Northeast Oregon on Friday and spilled over 100,000 live salmon — most of which landed in a nearby creek and lived to swim another day, officials said. The 53-foot truck ...