The stock markets may have tanked over the past few weeks, but coho salmon futures look brighter than ever. Columbia Basin harvest managers have doubled their estimate of this year's coho run after a strong showing of the late-season salmon in the lower river. ...more

At the Oct. 2 IT meeting, NOAA Fisheries thanked the independent science panel for their recent report recommending changes to the feds' spring transport policy, but said it wasn't sold on the idea. ...more

Recreational fishers of the Columbia River are pushing for a big change in salmon harvest regimes--one that would push commercial gillnetters out of the mainstem altogether and concentrate the netters' efforts in the "select" areas where fish are now raised to complement their catches. ...more

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court overturned a district court ruling last week that found several fishing conservation groups did not have standing to sue the federal government over its support of Canadian harvest levels allowed under the Pacific Salmon Treaty between the U.S. and Canada. ...more

The federal judge in the long-lived BiOp case, James Redden, has accepted an invitation to tour salmon-enhancement projects sponsored by three Columbia River tribes. ...more