Surf smelt Hypomesus pretiosus are an important part of the Salish Sea food web and obligate beach spawners, yet little is known about the spatiotemporal distribution of spawning and beach ...

SITKA, Alaska — Herring are spawning again in Sitka Sound on the shores of Baranof and Kruzof islands. The second wave comes after a previous peak of spawning was observed about two weeks ago, around ...

SITKA — In early spring, the forests and estuaries begin to thaw. With the softer earth and longer days, Sitka's residents thaw too. We stretch our arms and arch our backs, padded with a little extra ...

Local herring spawn surveyors say their 2024 data, so far, shows similar spawning areas to past years, with at least one newly discovered area. At an event at the Brackendale Art Gallery on May 28, ...

A trail for watching salmon spawn is about to open to the public. at the south end of Puget Sound. The Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail offers an up-close look at thousands of chum salmon splashing around ...

Despite the threat of overfishing in many fish populations, fisheries managers often lack accurate plans and quota systems to allow a sustainable harvest. Traditional methods of estimating fish ...

A chum salmon pokes its head out of the water as it churns the gravel to make a nest in Kennedy Creek west of Olympia. The creek is one of many locations around the South Sound to easily watch ...

Nassau groupers are solitary most of the year but come together for reproduction. When they come together to spawn, they use different signals to communicate with each other. - [Narrator] Nassau ...

Event at Squamish's Brackendale Art Gallery shared the 2024 Search for Slhawt’/Herring project’s results. Local herring spawn surveyors say their 2024 data, so far, shows similar spawning areas to ...