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The Department of Commerce has allocated $12.2 million to support salmon fisheries in Alaska and Washington that have been impacted by recent disasters. The funding will target specific fisheries, including the 2022 Kuskokwim River salmon fishery in Alaska and the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe's 2021 Puget Sound fall chum and coho salmon fisheries. The funds will be used for restoration efforts, minimizing the risk of future disasters, and building back stronger. NOAA Fisheries will collaborate with the state of Alaska and the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe to administer the funds, which may be used for projects such as fishery infrastructure, habitat restoration, and job retraining initiatives. [Extracted from the article]

The article highlights the emergence of sustainable salmon farming, or land-based farming, as a climate-stable alternative to traditional salmon aquaculture amid environmental concerns. It informs about the susceptibility of salmon farms to large-scale escapes and discusses concerns about the effects of global warming on salmon farms and the industry's carbon footprint. It suggests the consumption of Pacific salmon as an alternative to Atlantic salmons, as well as land-based farmed salmon.

The article offers information on Andrew Blair Howard, a fisherman convicted of federal tampering and vandalism charges for dredging the Platte River at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan.

DAVENPORT, Santa Cruz County - Deep in the Santa Cruz Mountains, hidden by dense patches of conifer and far from any paved road, a century-old, abandoned dam whose purpose remains lost to history is quietly choking a small, yet important waterway. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The 6,000 coho salmon smolts, the fish equivalent of teenagers, shot out of a 6-inch PVC pipe from their hatchery straight into Big Creek near Santa Cruz on Friday morning. Once in the water, they knew instinctively to head into the larger Scott Creek and on toward the Pacific Ocean, where they were due to arrive within a few days. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article discusses ambitious restoration projects has brought coho salmon back to urban creeks in the Seattle area.

Scientists in the Pacific Northwest say they've solved a long-running mystery behind the region's dying salmon, a discovery that may explain what's harming fish elsewhere around the globe, including California. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Focuses on a United States Bureau of Reclamation order on the protection of Coho salmon and sucker fish in Klamath County, Oregon and its impact on farming in the state. Annual economic loss posed by the irrigation cutback; Water flow regime imposed by the bureau; Efforts of local group in repealing the order.

Lagunitas Watershed in Marin County is a prime breeding ground for the endangered coho salmon. Once rain swells the creeks, the fish return from the ocean to their freshwater birthplace to spawn. With declining numbers of salmon in the recent past, environmentalists are closely counting this year's returnees. So far, they are hopeful. ODDS ARE [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The dense forests of redwood, oak and Douglas fir that once covered much of Sonoma County have for many decades been giving way to pastures, orchards, subdivisions -- and vineyards. Now, those vineyards are emerging as yet another threat to a fish that would go just perfectly with the region's signature pinot noir: the coho salmon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The state's commercial Chinook salmon fishing season will be called off after a record-low number of the fish returned to the Sacramento River to spawn last year, federal fisheries managers said. The decision by the Pacific Fishery Management Council will almost completely curtail commercial fishing in Oregon as well, but allows the sport and commercial seasons in Washington to proceed at an almost normal level. It is the second year that the council has completely halted commercial angling for natural and hatchery Chinook salmon in California. A 10-day sport season in California will be allowed from Eureka to the Oregon border from Aug. 29 to Sept. 7. In Oregon, regulators will allow 11,000 coho salmon to be fished in September. The council will forward its decision to the National Marine Fisheries Service for approval before May 1. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports that the federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has claimed that the reduced flow is necessary to provide a hospitable environment for juvenile coho and chinook salmon and steelhead trout. Opponents of the low-flow plan on the Russian River in California; Advantages and disadvantages of the low-flow plan; Description of the low-flow plan that was implemented on the Klamath River in 2002.

Reports on a proposal by the National Marine Fisheries Service in July 1995 to protect the Coho salmon along the Pacific Coast under the Endangered Species Act. Impact of the move on the ongoing battle between conservationists and some economic interests in the region; Assessment of the proposal.

Informs about the Federal Government's proposal to enlist coho salomon as an endangered species along the West Coast. Comments of Will Stelle, regional director of the National Marine Fisheries Service, on the move; Provisions of the 1973 Endangered Species Act.

Discusses the decline in the population of coho salmon fish in Rogue River. Ideal habitat for seasonal breeding of salmon; Existing natural conditions along the river; Man-made obstruction to movement of salmon.

Reports that on April 25, 1997 President Bill Clinton administration designated the coho salmon species as officially `threatened' with extinction in California but allowed Oregon to adopt a plan to rescue the same fish. Businesses the decision could potentially have an effect on; Views of fishermen and environmental groups on the split decision.

Reports on the National Marine Fisheries Service's protection of the California coho salmon by listing the fish as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. Allegations that timber companies are destroying coho salmon habitat; Decline in numbers of the coho salmon; California Governor Pete Wilson's stance supporting the delay in the listing of the coho salmon as an endangered species.