Entries in fish in the news (543)
The coolest pictures of bull trout you're going to see all day
Getting bull trout to cooperate for a photo shoot in a remote spawning stream is no easy thing, but a Flathead Valley fisheries biologist and a National Geographic photographer pulled it off, and the results are now online.
“Some of these things look like paintings,” said Wade Fredenberg, a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which is now displaying about 40 bull trout images taken by acclaimed photographer Joel Sartore on its National Digital Media Library.
LINK (Via: The Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Washington Rescinds Columbia Barbless Rule
The Washington WDFW rescinded the rule which was to take effect on January1st to avoid conflicting regulations on the river due to Oregon not adopting the rule.
LINK (Via:The Columbian)
Stay of Execution
A federal appeals court has halted the killing of sea lions who make fast food of endangered salmon and steelhead at Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River.
LINK (Via: KOMO)
Trout Suffer from Shrinkage
Apparently trouser trout are not alone when it comes to shrinkage.
According to a researchers fish can shrink during harsh winters. The scientists, based in Norway and Finland, discovered that juvenile brown trout reduced in length by as much as 1cm - a shrinkage of approximately 10%.
LINK (Via:MidCurrent)
Trophy Musky Jumps Into Minnesota Couple’s Canoe
The fish of a thousand casts my ass.