The Columbian

With large early runs of coho salmon, anglers hope for big late run, too

Coho returns to the Columbia River have been way above the projection, with the fish pushing into areas where they are rarely seen, and delighting anglers. With the earlier returning “A” run busting ...
Alaska Public Media

Multi-agency effort tracks coho salmon with radio technology

Radio tags for a multi-year coho salmon monitoring project are inserted into the stomach through the mouth, with an antenna that sticks out. (From Alaska Department of Fish and Game) Last month, the ...
Agri-Pulse

Threatened coho salmon species return to Klamath River Basin

Coho salmon spawning on the Salmon River in northwest Oregon (BLM photo) For the first time in 60 years threatened coho salmon have returned to the Upper Klamath River Basin, the California Department ...
OPB

Willamette River seeing record numbers of coho salmon

Courtesy of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife It’s a great time to go fishing in Western Oregon. But recent runs of coho salmon have set a record and spawned a mystery. Jeff Ziller is the ...
NPR

Why are so many Coho salmon dying? The answer might be in your tires

For decades, Coho salmon were turning up dead in urban streams the Pacific Northwest. The salmon would stop swimming straight, and then die before they had a chance to spawn. Researchers worried that ...