Four new USGS supported studies published in a special issue of Fisheries magazine offer insights into how climate change is affecting inland fish across North America. Research indicates that fish living in arid environments and coldwater species such as sockeye … Continued
A joint Federal and State 2015 Juvenile Atlantic Sturgeon Survey shows the highest number of Atlantic sturgeon in the Hudson River in the 10-year history of the survey and increasing juvenile sturgeon abundance, according to New York State Department of … Continued
Recently, two scientists, Theodore Pietsch from the University of Washington and James Orr from NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center compiled the most comprehensive list to date of fish species known to inhabit the Salish Sea. Located near British Columbia … Continued
Fish larvae that were captured by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists in May 2014 have been confirmed to be pallid sturgeon. These new genetic identifications add to mounting evidence that critically endangered pallid sturgeon spawned successfully in the Lower Missouri … Continued
The Oregon chub recently became the first fish ever removed from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Animals due to recovery. The Oregon chub, a small minnow found only in the Willamette River Basin in floodplain habitats with little … Continued