A temporary rule prohibits wild spring Chinook salmon harvest on the mainstem Umpqua River and reduces the North Umpqua bag limit, ODFW announced Friday. Feb. 1 – June 30, 2025: Only hatchery ...

while some simply declined and others might be moving north towards cooler water. However, Herron thinks disease is playing a critical role in the decline of chinook salmon in the Yukon River.

Spring-run Chinook salmon are also a preferred and primary food for Southern Resident orcas, which are themselves listed as endangered, having a population of only 73 individuals. Diminishing salmon ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— In response to a petition by the Native Fish Society, Center for Biological Diversity and Umpqua Watersheds, the National Marine Fisheries Service determined today that the Oregon ...