"We were very excited to be a part of this significant day in the return of the greenback cutthroat trout to the South Platte Basin"

On August 8th, through hard work at the Leadville National Hatchery, 1,200 greenback cutthroat were reintroduced to the wild.

LINK (via:The Greenbacks)

What Can Humans Do to Save the Pacific Northwest's Iconic Salmon?

The Skagit River and its remaining wild salmon and steelhead get some much needed attention in this very comprehensive Smithsonian article.

LINK (via: Smithsonian)

Archerfish Actively Control the Hydrodynamics of Their Jets

Archer fish are the sharpshooters of the animal world, capable of hitting prey from metres away with pinpoint accuracy. The fish, Toxotes jaculatrix, which live in mangroves in southern and southeast Asia, achieve this by compressing their gill covers, and forcing water through a 'gun barrel' made by their tongue and the roof of their mouth.

LINK (via:Nature)

Copper River Tuna?

Photo:Krw130lm

In the past year, there have been "unusual fish occurrences" in Alaskan waters, according to NOAA research biologist Joe Orsi.

LINK (via:The Washington Post)

“So is smoking pot and everybody does that, dude”

A muskie-hating fisherman is in a sea of controversy after he gleefully bludgeoned a fish to death, discarded it, then strangely bragged about it on video while likening it to smoking weed.

LINK  (via:The Windsor Star)

54,000 video views later the accused muskie hater is apologizing.

Two bull trout make their way above Glines Canyon Dam site

Fish are already making their way past the former Glines Canyon Dam and are upstream of the former Lake Mills on the Elwha River.

LINK (via:The Olympian)

Read more here: http://www.theolympian.com/2014/09/08/3307183_two-bull-trout-make-their-way.html?sp=/99/988/&rh=1#storylink=cpy