While the tribes have shared their concerns, the sport fishing advisory board claims to have sufficient studies that show selective fishing does not harm protected wild fish. The state Fish and Wildlife salmon policy coordinators adopted a plan to expand fishing for marked-hatchery chinook in Puget Sound this year, something that has been in the works for about two years. The expansion of selective sport salmon fishing in parts of Puget Sound this season allowing anglers to keep adipose...

The state Fish and Boat Commission, which has operated the hatchery for more than 20 years under lease from the federal government, will continue to raise fish there. The Tylersville hatchery produces about 13 percent of the state s annual trout production. State takes control of Tylersville fish hatchery. State takes control of Tylersville fish hatchery. We re just as pleased to be able to convey the hatchery to the commonwealth for its permanent operation. This facility is a key...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will take a one-year break from raising three species of sport fish and planting them in waterways, hoping to protect the state hatchery system from a deadly virus. Infected eggs at either location could spread to other species there, such as chinook salmon and steelhead trout, said Gary Whelan, the DNR's fish production manager. The DNR announced its temporary moratorium Tuesday on production and stocking of walleye, northern pike and...

Kerrigan did keep one of the mackinaw he caught but that particular one had 5-inch minnows in the stomach rather than kokanee. He took these fish on his own Sierra Anglers brand pink & blue spinner with a copper blade. ooo Closer to home on Bullard's Bar Reservoir last week a trusted source, who prefers to remain anonymous, took his first kokanee of the year off Garden Point at a depth of 30 feet. The kokanee ultimately realized that while they looked for a meal on the surface, they were a...

Tracy said the council had some difficult negotiations during its meeting in Seattle this week, particularly over the salmon season within Puget Sound. Commercial fisheries catch primarily Chinook, so they re going to face a much tougher time this year, said Tracy, who said the quotas for Washington fishing were among the lowest since 1994. He expects summer fishing to last until early August, depending on availability and how many boats choose to fish. Most recreational fishing has been...

Patent and Trademark Office for what it calls a "landmark oxygenation process for the fish farming and aquaculture markets. CEO Brett Swailes stated: "Worldwide, the seafood business is undergoing a swing from the sometimes outrageous free-for-alls of oceanic harvests to the more predictable methods of production by means of fish farming. One of the advantages of the new process application, says the company, is that it has been previously managed in other applications to effectively...