ASTORIA — John Hill has stories to tell about troll fishing. Through five decades and three troll boats, Hill fished for salmon on the West Coast from Eureka, Calif., to Alaska. Hill retired in 1985, ...

In the most-read story of last week, Chinook salmon trollers in Southeast Alaska were dealt a win by the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a multi-year lawsuit brought by the environmental group ...

A panel of federal judges will hear oral arguments on Thursday, in an appeal of a lower court ruling that threatened to halt the Southeast troll fishery for king salmon. The Alaska Trollers ...

The Pacific Salmon Commission held a meeting in Sitka last month, where commissioners from Canada and the United States ...

Ocean fishery managers adopted their most severe limits on commercial and sport salmon fishing in state history Thursday, but stopped short of a ban, regulators said. The restrictions, aimed at ...

A controversial 2023 court ruling ordering the closure of commercial trolling for king salmon, or chinook, in Southeast Alaska has been lifted. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday partially ...

Today we're trolling for salmon in Lake Ontario: one lead core line, one planer board, and one jet diver. We're using the ...

Southeast Alaska’s picturesque peaks and larger-than-life characters have made their way into stories for centuries. Don Stuart’s latest novel “Secret Places” is one of the latest to try to capture ...

In a major setback for California’s beleaguered fishing industry and the latest reminder of the state’s long-running battles over water supplies, particularly during drought years, all commercial and ...

Recreational and commercial salmon fishing in the ocean will be closed again this year in California. The Pacific Fishery Management Council voted unanimously to close the season in the state ...