On the hook: reigning in wasteful fisheries bycatch
The relationship between commercial fishers and their target fish species is rarely one-to-one. Commercial ocean fishing is often a Read More…
Fall-run Chinook: A great 2013 and a promising 2014
Fishermen are known for being superstitious. Bringing a banana on board or carrying your fishing pole through the house before going fishing Read More…
The art (and policy) of sedation
Handling fish is an integral activity when it comes to conducting fisheries studies, and is therefore a daily part of our work. Studying fish Read More…
Gone to the gulls: predation on threatened steelhead
Squawking, squabbling gulls – those known raiders of garbage cans and stealers of sandwiches – are also taking a hefty bite out of Read More…
Chinook salmon escapement preview
Across the West Coast, fall-run Chinook salmon migration is wrapping up and abundance estimates are being calculated. Most salmon abundance Read More…
Social fishing
Fishing is sometimes a solitary pursuit – a chance to connect with nature and reflect on the world for a lone fisher with gear in hand. Read More…
Chinook salmon ocean harvest surveys show improvement
For many commercial and recreational fishermen along the West Coast, Chinook salmon ocean fishing kicked off with a bang in 2013, and Read More…
Water + Fish = Life
Water + Fish = Life. That’s one way to sum up the message of World Fisheries Day, which will be celebrated this week on November 21. The day Read More…
The latest catch: striped bass fyke trap study results
This past spring, FISHBIO used a pair of large fyke traps to target striped bass migrating from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta into the San Read More…
Electrotrawling: a promising alternative?
Traditional trawling methods (like those pictured above) have received considerable negative attention due to their adverse effects on the Read More…