Hatcheries change salmon genetics after single generation

“We've known for some time that hatchery-born fish are less successful at survival and reproduction in the wild,” said Michael Blouin, a professor of zoology at Oregon State University. “However, until now, it wasn't clear why. ...
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Willamette sturgeon season (for keepers) will be postponed due to fewer ...

Fishery managers will consult with the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission Jan. 6 then announce dates for the retention season in the lower Willamette by mid-January. John North, the department's Columbia River fisheries manager, said when the ...
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Fast-Evolving Fish Struggle to Spawn in Wild

Salmon born in captivity become domesticated in as little as one generation, a new study finds, explaining why hatchery-born fish don't do as well as wild-born ones in Oregon rivers. Researchers created an enormous fish family tree using genetic ...
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Oregon Man Faces Fishing Charges

By AP Channel 2 News An Oregon man who once operated a fishing vessel co-owned by Arne Fuglvog has been indicted on charges of making false statements and providing false fish records. Freddie Lee Hankins is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in ...
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Late Start to Dungeness Crab Season Affects Crabbers, Buyers

By Heather Turner Newport, Ore. -- Local dungeness crab is finally on the market after the season started 15 days later than normal. Fishermen and buyers in Newport say that late start has affected them all in several ways. They say it's good because ...
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Oregon man who once operated Fuglvog fishing vessel indicted for alleged ...

BECKY BOHRER AP JUNEAU, Alaska — An Oregon man who once operated a fishing vessel co-owned by a former fisheries aide to Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has been indicted on charges of fishing in one area and falsely reporting the fish were caught in ...
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Study of Hood River steelhead finds natural selection in hatcheries causes ...

The findings confirm earlier suspicions and raise concerns about programs to supplement wild populations of salmon and steelhead by releasing young hatchery fish near spawning grounds. Unlike conventional hatcheries, supplementation programs try to ...
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Northwest Sportsman: Salmon forecasts give anglers reason for additional ...

In 2012, fall coho, including fish that return to the Klickitat River and Yakima, should be a little better than the 270000 that returned earlier this fall. All in all, it looks like 2012 should be a great year for salmon fishing on the Columbia and ...
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Salmon carcass count: Volunteers gather fish data on
John Weber spotted the Chinook salmon carcass on the bottom of the Chetco ... Weber, an Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist, pulled the fish up ...
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Celebrity wolf OR-7 leaves big tracks, but keeps out of view near Crater Lake

By Richard Cockle, The Oregonian View full sizeRichard Cockle/The OregonianUS Fish and Wildlife Service biologist John Stephenson uses a tape to calculate the stride of Oregon's epic wanderer, the gray wolf known as OR-7, in the snow south of Crater ...
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