A push to ban non-tribal gill net fishing for salmon on the Columbia River is no shock to Pete Knutson, who has witnessed several similar attempts like it in his lifetime. "You can sell it to ...

Though the festering issue of commercial gill netting of salmon and steelhead on the Columbia River must be resolved, a conservation group's plan this fall to put an initiative on the ballot to ...

Nez Perce tribal fishers tend a gillnet on Lower Granite Reservoir. The tribe intends to use gill nets and drift nets on the Clearwater River this spring. Courtesy of Joseph Oatman Feeling crowded ...

If it makes ballot and is passed, initiative would ban non-tribal gill-netting for salmon, sturgeon and steelhead on the Oregon side of the Columbia River.

When we were lucky, a school of fish would move through and the gill net would come alive, corks bouncing up and down in the water, signaling success.

The alterations approved by the Commission include Washington agreeing to allow gill nets in the main stem Columbia below Bonneville Dam this fall under rules similar to 2018.

2000-09-13 04:00:00 PDT STATE -- In an unprecedented move, state regulators have closed much of the California coast to commercial gill- net fishing to protect endangered seabirds and marine mammals.

Kwee-Jack Fish Company is now offering a pick-up location in Great Falls for their sustainable wild Alaskan Salmon. Order deadline is May 25.

The Nez Perce tribe may use nets to help its tribe members get a more equitable share of salmon runs on the Clearwater River in Idaho.