Columbia River anglers will get 6 more spring chinook fishing days after count prompts extension

Salmon anglers will get six more days of spring chinook fishing in the lower Columbia River and five more days upriver from Bonneville Dam. Oregon and Washington managers met Tuesday following a ...
The Columbian

Pacific lamprey returns to the Columbia River plummet but Northwest tribes are working to fix those runs

Pacific lamprey cling to a fish-viewing window at Bonneville Lock & Dam on June 28. This year, adult Pacific lamprey returns are lower than in 2023. So far, fish counters estimate only 22,021 (as of ...
Capital Press

Columbia River salmon, steelhead returns average 2.3 million each year

About 2.3 million salmon and steelhead migrate up the Columbia River each year, according to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council. That’s double the returns of the 1990s, but half of the goal ...