Fish traps were banned on the Columbia River more than 80 year ago, but some say it's time to bring them back as a way for fishermen to catch more hatchery salmon while protecting wild fish.

The sounds of the river lead you to the Little White Salmon National Fish Hatchery. With 71 hatcheries in 42 states, this is one of four national fish hatcheries in the gorge.

Hatchery jack salmon (12-inch minimum) limit is five per day. Managers continue to protect sockeye salmon despite a sharp increase in the predicted run, now expected to top 340,000 fish.

By 1991, 12 runs of Columbia River salmon and steelhead were listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act, leading to a boom in restoration and hatchery spending, the ...

NEAR BRIDGEPORT, Wash. – Fish flew as Shelly Davis and Raynee Innes hustled to get 1,300 salmon packed on ice. The women grabbed silvery sockeye and blue-backed chinook from coolers, tossing ...

Mainstem Columbia River. Salmon/Steelhead. Sec 3 (I-5 area) — 62 bank anglers kept three Chinook and released three Chinook. ... 2.70 fish per pound from Goldendale Hatchery. April 1.

By 1991, 12 runs of Columbia River salmon and steelhead were listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act, leading to a boom in restoration and hatchery spending, the ...

Statistics provided by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game show that more than 205,000 fish swam past the Ice Harbor Dam last year. But 56% of them were hatchery-raised fish which, in the eyes ...

About 2.3 million salmon and steelhead migrate up the Columbia River each year, according to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council. Most Popular 1 Willamette Valley woman killed in crash […] ...