West coast seafood industry groups are asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consider the impact on near-shore fisheries as they prepare a congressionally ordered report on the reintroduction ...

A humpback whale breaches off the coast of California. (Photo by Matthew Savoca via Courthouse News) (CN) — 27 large whales were entangled by United States fishing gear off of the coasts of Washington ...

Dangerously low levels of fall run Chinook salmon in two California rivers have forced wildlife officials to shut down fishing off much of the West Coast. The closure currently runs through May 15 and ...

FOSTER CITY, Calif. -- Federal fishery regulators voted yesterday to impose a permanent ban on trawl fishing in nearly 300,000 square miles of Pacific waters off the West Coast, a move hailed by ...

The federal council that regulates fishing along the West Coast recommended Wednesday that the California ocean salmon season be canceled for the second year in a row. The renewed ban is a devastating ...

Most of the U.S. West Coast will ban salmon fishing this year in an effort to protect the species' population. California in particular has seen a significant hit to the salmon stock, requiring ...

The West Coast Fishing Club is loved for serving as a rugged haven on British Columbia’s remote ancestral and unceded territory of the Haida Nation in Haida Gwaii, surrounded by dramatic coastal ...

Whale entanglements on the U.S. West Coast in 2024 were the highest since 2018, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report.

I couldn’t, in good conscience, make the claim that Eastern fly fishermen are better at catching trout than Western fly anglers. When you really break it down, you can either present a nymph, dry, or ...

South Coast towns are calling for more funding to cope with a surge of recreational fishers as the region prepares to shut ...