sockeye salmon

Sockeye numbers are coming in stronger for the Yakima River. That’s months after construction crews in the Tri-Cities removed a land-bridge. It caused the mouth of the river to stagnate.

Drastically fewer sockeye are returning to the Upper Columbia than expected. That’s why Washington isn’t allowing sockeye fishing this season there.

(Runtime 0:45)Several conservation and fishing groups say the Snake River dams are making the river too hot for sockeye salmon. Now, they’re planning to…

Soon, it could be easier to track young sockeye salmon around dams.