Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 12:00AM asian carp, invasive species in Politics, Species Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 12:04AM 
The Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) is very disappointed over the failure of the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO) to limit Greenland’s salmon harvest to sustainable levels, during negotiations to set regulatory measures at meetings that took place June 2 to 5 in Goose Bay, Labrador. Greenland would not budge below a quota of 45 tonnes, which was more than other Parties to the West Greenland Commission (made up of Greenland, Canada, the United States and the European Union), could accept. Denmark on behalf of Greenland unilaterally committed to limit the total annual catch for all components of its fisheries to take no more than 45 tonnes in 2015, 2016 and 2017.
Scientists that advise NASCO have been very clear that there should be no harvest of North American salmon at Greenland. “A compromise would have been a subsistence fishery of no more than 20 tonnes, but more than twice this amount is unacceptable,” said Bill Taylor, President of ASF. “This will have a devastating effect on already endangered, threatened and at-risk salmon populations in North America and southern Europe.
atlantic salmon, take action in Conservation, Environment, Species Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at 12:05AM Everything you wanted to know about trout courtesy of their namesake organization.
Monday, June 22, 2015 at 12:00AM 
The once-abundant salmon in the rivers of New England saved many an early settler from starvation. But more important than a food source, or as a sport fish, the Atlantic salmon is deeply engrained in the culture of every country it has inhabited.
Now we are fighting for their survival.
LINK (via: The Huffington Post)
Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 12:06AM 
Bill McMillan shares his secrets and experiences on river snorkeling, from safety and equipment to your first outing. With extremely low rivers in the Pacific Northwest, this is a way to engage with steelhead and still get on, er, in the river.
LINK (via: The Wild Steelhead Coalition)
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 12:00AM
Much like the mythological unicorn, though, Colorado's rainbow trout pulled a disappearing act about 20 years ago. The black magic known as whirling disease decimated the state's rainbow trout population, reducing it to less than 1 percent of the total trout population in former strongholds such as the Colorado River in the mid-1990s.
With fish hatcheries and rivers statewide soon testing positive for the parasite responsible for whirling disease, the outlook grew increasingly grim. But the tumultuous story may have finally found its fairy-tale ending.
LINK (via: The Denver Post)
fish in the news, rainbow trout, whirling disease in News, Species 
