The sport and commercial catch of Chinook salmon off Washington’s coast would bump up in 2023 under all of the alternatives released Friday by the Pacific Fishery Management Council. Chinook is the ...

The Washington Senate Monday honored the Chinook Indian Nation as it passed a resolution celebrating the tribes’ history and contribution to the culture of the Pacific Northwest.

Anglers fishing a portion of the Snake River in southeastern Washington will be allowed to keep some Chinook salmon this fall. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced in a news ...

With "largely encouraging" Chinook and coho forecasts, the West Coast ocean salmon fishing council has adopted options for 2026 seasons off Washington, Oregon and the rest of the coast, and here's ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— The Center for Biological Diversity and Pacific Rivers filed a petition today to protect Washington coast spring-run Chinook salmon under the federal Endangered Species Act. The ...

Wallace River Hatchery, SNOHOMISH COUNTY — A year-old Chinook, no bigger than a Swiss army knife, zipped through a clear tube as it was siphoned into a massive whirring machine where thousands of ...

Fisheries managers in Idaho and Washington will suspend the harvest of wild fall chinook in the Snake River and its tributaries, while continuing to allow anglers to catch and keep hatchery fish. The ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Bones and sacred objects of Chinook Indian Nation ancestors are left on museum shelves without a legal path for descendants to bring home or bury. Chinook Indian Nation ...

A Washington state task force voted to recommend the return of land at a former youth detention facility to the Chinook Indian Nation. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and the fiscal committees of the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and other conservation organizations filed a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on Tuesday for delaying decisions ...

Oregon and Washington State fisheries managers followed the staff recommendations and anglers will get 39 days to fish the main stem Columbia River for spring Chinook this season.