August 30, 2017, 4:35pm Business
Officials have put on hold Cooke Aquaculture’s application to build a new marine salmon farm in the Strait of Juan de Fuca as the company deals with the escape of thousands of fish from another facility. Read story
August 30, 2017, 11:12am Northwest
First Nations are alarmed at Atlantic salmon turning up in their territorial waters as concern spreads with the invasive fish across the Canada border. Read story
August 28, 2017, 10:50am Northwest
A Native American tribe says its anglers have caught about 20,000 fish following the collapse of a commercial net pen rearing farmed Atlantic salmon in Puget Sound. Read story
August 24, 2017, 11:41am Northwest
A marine net pen holding 305,000 farmed Atlantic salmon collapsed recently, releasing thousands of fish into Puget Sound and renewing concerns that a new proposed salmon farm could harm wild salmon stock and cause other environmental damage. Read story
August 22, 2017, 9:14am Latest News
The public is being asked to help mop up a salmon spill from an imploded net holding 305,000 fish at a Cooke Aquaculture fish farm near Cypress Island. Read story
August 18, 2017, 10:35am Northwest
Salmon and steelhead are in hot water — a problem scientists warn is going to get worse because of climate change. Read story
August 16, 2017, 11:29pm Outdoors
The salmon season at Buoy 10 continues to hum along with anglers flocking to the mark that separates the Columbia River and Pacific Ocean. Read story
August 10, 2017, 6:03am Outdoors
Chinook catch at Buoy 10 has slowed after a decent opening; salmon angling elsewhere in lower Columbia is poor until more fish arrive Read story
August 9, 2017, 10:05pm Editor's Choice
The Columbian's longtime outdoor writer calls it a career after 43 years at the newspaper Read story
August 8, 2017, 9:37am Latest News
State officials warned Monday that if California sea lions continue feeding below Willamette Falls, they could push winter steelhead trout to the brink of extinction. Read story
