The number of coho salmon that returned to the Upper Willamette Basin in 2023 smashed previous records and provided a bright spot for anglers seeking to hook the delicious but enigmatic fish.

But recent runs of coho salmon have set a record and spawned a mystery. Jeff Ziller is the district fish biologist for the South Willamette watershed with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

There are seven species of Pacific salmon - though only five of them live in North American waters. These five are chum, sockeye, Chinook, Coho, and pink - with pink being the smallest and most ...

In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness goes deep on the record coho salmon runs in the Upper ...

The state of Alaska is reluctant to cut hatchery production in Prince William Sound, where returning hatchery fish may make ...

The coho salmon fishing season has been extended on the Skagit River from the mouth to Cascade River Road through Dec. 31 and on the Cascade River from the mouth to Rockport-Cascade Road through ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— Resolving multiyear litigation over the harms of logging to coho salmon, conservation groups reached an agreement today with the Oregon Department of Forestry to greatly expand stream ...

At those streams, Pacific salmon — Chinook, coho, chum, sockeye and pink — will lay and fertilize their eggs in a process called spawning. They soon die after spawning, becoming valuable ...

SAN RAFAEL, Calif.— The Marin County Superior Court today ruled that the county in Northern California failed to adequately protect coho salmon and their habitat in the San Geronimo Valley. Marin ...

In the US, specific species, including Chinook and Coho salmon, have endangered status due to overfishing, pollution from agricultural run-off and urban development. In Canada, the fourth largest ...

"Wild salmon continue to struggle to survive in impacted North Shore streams and rivers," says Tony Wachmann, president, Coho Society of the North Shore. "Attending the Coho Festival is an ...