SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Clipping an unneeded fin from hatchery salmon and trout has proved to be a valuable method for scientists and fishery managers to separate the fish from their cousins in the wild ...

to mark hatchery-grown fish is common practice in Oregon and across the Northwest. suggests that clipping off the small, fleshy fin between the dorsal fin and tail might hurt fish's ability to swim in ...

Yanking a salmon out of the Columbia River, fishermen look for a tiny indicator of whether the catch is a keeper. Yanking a salmon out of the Columbia River, fishermen look for a tiny indicator of ...

An estimated 60,000 of the nearly 300,000 coho salmon hatched this year by Powell River Salmon Society have had their adipose fins clipped. In a massive undertaking, a group of volunteers, and some ...

Fish & Game Hatchery Manager Dirk Barr caught a 30 pound salmon at the Rakaia Gorge last week. He was pleased to see that it was one of the Fish & Game hatchery fish that had been fin clipped by ...

Fall means popular splake fishing on Lake Superior. And the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is asking anglers to help them understand better how the fish live in the largest Great Lake. The ...

A report commissioned by the Hong Kong International Airport confirms that the country is the hub of the trade, but also emphasizes the role of one of the two main transporters of the industry, the ...