IDAHO, USA — The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is taking steps to protect sockeye salmon, an endangered species, from the extreme heat. More than a hundred fish are now at the Eagle Hatchery ...

One of those energy sources for salmon is their own scales. Sockeye re-absorb their scales to fuel themselves on the long swim home, and for their total transformation into spawning attire.

Smashing records, sockeye salmon are booming up the Columbia River, in a run expected to top 700,000 fish before it’s over. But a punishing heat wave has made river temperatures so hot many may ...

Cover the grill and cook the salmon, undisturbed, until the skin is lightly charred and an instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the fish registers 120°F for medium ...

Bristol Bay’s sockeye salmon run totaled 51.6 million fish, more than a third higher than the preseason forecast of 37.9 million fish and about 7% higher than the average over the past 20 years ...

Sands said that sacrificing a little opportunity to fish for sockeye now may save the species — and provide more fishing — later. Get in touch with the author at izzy@kdlg.org or 907-842-2200.