The longest documented fish movement in Wyoming fish tagging history.

A channel catfish that was tagged in Leiter Wyoming was caught on the Yellowstone River near Pompey’s Pillar, Montana, a distance of 415 miles. 

 “This is a really remarkable fish movement when you consider all the hazards this fish had to face in swimming that far,” said Paul Mavrakis, Wyoming’s fisheries supervisor in Sheridan. “But what’s probably more remarkable is the fact the fish could swim that far without being blocked by a dam.”

LINK (Via: Out in Michigan)

ISA Found in Fraser Coho

The New York Times reports that documents released on Friday show that Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) has been detected in a coho salmon sampled in the Fraser River.

LINK (Via: Osprey Steelhead News)

Life imitates The Simpsons

Three eyed fish caught near nuclear power plant.....dohhhhhh.

LINK (Via: Tree Hugger)

Wild B.C. salmon test positive for 'lethal' virus linked to fish farms

Fish farms, the gift that just keeps on giving.

Wild sockeye salmon from B.C.'s Rivers Inlet have tested positive for a potentially devastating virus that has never been found before in the North Pacific.

Infectious salmon anemia is a flu-like virus affecting Atlantic salmon that spreads very quickly and mutates easily, according to Simon Fraser University fisheries statistician Rick Routledge.

ISA can be fatal to Atlantic salmon, especially those confined in fish farms. Its effect on wild sockeye is unknown.

The virus detected in sockeye smolts by the Atlantic Veterinary College in P.E.I. — Canada's ISA reference lab — is the European strain of ISA, the same virus that devastated fish farms in Chile four years ago.

LINK (Via: The Vancouver Sun)

Scientists in Washington state are already working to improve testing for the marine virus as a precaution.

If the virus news was not grim enough.....

Environment Canada isn’t sure it can fully protect wild fish stocks if it approves the commercialization of a hatchery of genetically engineered salmon eggs.

Biggest freshwater fish ever caught by a British woman

A woman who took up fishing to see more of her angling-mad boyfriend has become a record holder after catching a 215lb catfish.

LINK (Mail On Line)

The Skepticism of the Asian Carp Threat

No threat here!

A link to an audio recording of a discussion between skeptic Dr. Gerald Smith, fish biologist from the University of Michigan and Dr. Michael Murray from the National Wildlife Federation who believes they pose a significant risk.

LINK (Via: Ann Arbor Science and Skeptics)