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With commercial fishermen and sportsmen competing for salmon, there is bound to be some friction. Photo from 1963 National Fisherman

Fishing back when: Fishermen Forget Friction to Save Resource

Carli Stewart

After years of fishing and seining as a crewmember on his father's salmon boat, Henry Orth had taken the helm of his own boat. Photo by Henry Orth

From crew to captain, 21 years young

Henry Orth

Kinematics Bristol Bay Gillnetter — Kevin Wilson, deckhand on the F/V Curragh, standing on the back deck of a 32-foot salmon gillnetter on his first day of the season in Alaska’s Bristol Bay Naknek River fishing district. Kinematics Marine Equipment

Salmon processors set incentives for Bristol Bay season

Charlie Ess

Photo by NOAA Fisheries

Maine city council deals blow to large-scale salmon farm project

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Chum salmon swimming upriver. NOAA Fisheries photo/Stori Oates.

Tribe beset by Puget Sound chum salmon failure to receive 206K

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Photo by Brandon on Unsplash

Calif. water policies catch blame for salmon closure

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Salmon courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Council in early stages of salmon bycatch struggle

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King salmon / Dan Cook (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) — Dan Cook (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) photo

Doubts cast on Yukon Chinook salmon moratorium

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PFMC announced Wednesday that it had adopted ocean salmon fishing recommendations along the Pacific West Coast. Photo courtesy of Susan Chambers

California’s salmon season faces second year closure

Carli Stewart

The United States Department of Commerce and NMFS issued a letter to NPFMC, advising the council to broaden the range of alternatives to lower chum bycatch. Photo courtesy of Kendall Collett on Shutterstock

Alaska groups testify about declining salmon populations

Carli Stewart

Photo by NOAA on Unsplash

Council cancels all salmon fishing off Calif. for a second year

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