In a plot reminiscent of the fairytale “Goldilocks,” chum salmon are looking for ... in the story don’t yet know how the ...

Spawning salmon have returned to Whatcom County creeks. Adult chum salmon are back in droves this fall, following the trend of returning in mid-November to lay their eggs before dying, decomposing ...

In this Q&A, zoology master's students Carley Winter and Clare Kilgour discuss their project monitoring the effects of salt ...

Chum salmon, a migratory species widely consumed ... the Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska before returning to spawn in Japanese rivers after three to five years. In recent years, only 20 million ...

Juneau's resolution joins other Southeast communities in opposing an Alaska Board of Fisheries proposition that would limit ...

Salt levels in streams as a result of winter road clearing can be ten times higher than regulated limits at sensitive stages ...

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found evidence suggesting high levels of road salt in B.C. streams can ...

the splashing of chum salmon as they push upstream to spawn. The salmon in the river are looking haggard by mid-November, their skin patchy and worn as they near the end of their lives.

Snuneymuxw's marine division has undertaken several projects at the river to aid in recovery efforts, with a major one this ...

The Edmonds Stream Team completed its annual adult salmon surveys in Edmonds’ Shell Creek and Lunds Gulch Creek (located in ...

The results suggest that winter road salting is potentially dangerous to coho and chum salmon as they spawn in streams, and their embryos develop when road salting activities ramp up. Winter and ...

Researchers used a network of about 40 water quality monitors to spot spikes in salt contamination, then simulated those conditions on salmon eggs and juvenile fish in a lab.