ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 21 (UPI) -- The salmon population in the Gulf of Alaska has been dwindling as Pacific Ocean currents shift, Alaskan fisheries biologists say.
OSLO, Norway, April 18 (UPI) -- Norwegian wildlife management officials said stocks of wild salmon have dropped so low they may have to halt the salmon fishing season.
EUGENE, Ore., Feb. 4 (UPI) -- An aquatic conservation group is applauding a U.S. government decision to list Oregon coastal coho salmon as a threatened species.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Federal regulators in California have warned the fishing industry to expect steep cuts in salmon fishing quotas this year because of dwindling salmon stocks.
TAIPEI, Taiwan, March 22 (UPI) -- Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian is expected to announce next week the cherry salmon will be renamed the Taiwan salmon.
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Researchers say farmed salmon that escape from their pens may be driving Scotland's wild salmon population towards extinction.
MOSS LANDING, Calif., July 22 (UPI) -- Low water levels have shut down salmon fishing near Monterrey, Calif., and threaten to cripple the area's commercial salmon business.
PORTLAND, Ore., May 27 (UPI) -- A U.S. federal judge has rejected a $600 million Bush administration salmon protection plan for the Columbia and Snake rivers.
EDMONTON, Alberta, March 30 (UPI) -- A University of Alberta study suggests Canadian salmon farms have spread greater amounts of sea lice to the wild salmon population than previously thought.
SEATTLE, May 16 (UPI) -- The Bush administration heartened conservationists this weekend by continuing to protect wild salmon under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
