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CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=711371Californians need to know if the fish they catch are safe to eat, so the state keeps spending money on testing fish for mercury. Cal EPA recently awarded… -
Dino Kanlic, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=55108826The salmon and steelhead are the glamour fish of western rivers. But you'll find lamprey in many of the rivers, too.A lamprey is a jawless fish--don't…
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It can be a little hard to keep track of the various runs of anadromous fish that are low in number these days. Summer steelhead in Northern California…
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It surprised nearly no one when the federal Marine Fisheries service announced (on Feb. 27) a 12-month review to consider listing Klamath River Spring…
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Restoring some of the famed fish runs of the West will take some time. And it often appears that recovery happens a stream at a time. Trout Unlimited in…
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When migratory fish populations keep dropping and dams get in the way of their spawning journeys, fish managers often resort to "trap and haul." It is…
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To make the case that an animal needs protection under the Endangered Species Act, you have to prove that you seek to protect a distinct population of the…
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There is no commercial salmon fishing season in the Pacific along much of the coast this year, because of the need to protect sensitive species from…
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Salmon runs into the region's rivers fluctuate quite a bit from year to year. But the forecast for the chinook salmon run returning to the Klamath River…
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We have private schools and private prisons... how about private oceans? The question is facetious, but only mildly so. Because commercial fishing in the…
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California had to learn and re-learn lessons about water conservation as drought deepened in recent years. And the lessons will be needed again, because…
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Maybe you get confused by those news stories about fish swimming back into their native rivers from the ocean. Put aside how they find their way... how do…
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One of the most important considerations when obtaining food is simple: can we obtain it again in the near future? If the answer is no, then the food…
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The Yurok Tribe will host its annual Klamath Salmon Festival on schedule on Saturday. But for the first time in the half-century history of the festival,…
