Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) are helping the salmon farming industry maintain positive production amid growing biological challenges in sea pen production, according to the latest edition ...

A smolt is a young rainbow trout or salmon that is ready to down-migrate from its birth stream to the ocean, or, in the case of Lake Superior tributaries, to Lake Superior. At this stage, the body ...

Fisheries biologists use funny words sometimes when describing a fish’s life. Biologists who work with salmon and steelhead often talk about smolts. So, what exactly is a smolt? Tim Copeland, ...

BioFish Holding, a leading producer of large smolt for the Norwegian salmon farming sector, has announced a significant agreement with a new industry player. The deal involves the delivery of ...

An Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife tanker truck crashed while carrying 102,000 captive-bred spring Chinook salmon smolt, sending 77,000 of them into the wrong waterway. The agency raised the ...

Early on a recent Wednesday morning, anglers in Anchorage lined Ship Creek and cast lines to catch returning chinook salmon. Just minutes after 6 a.m., shouts of “fish on!” fluttered across the shore.

The cause of death for an unknown number of hatchery Chinook salmon smolt in the Coquille Basin is under investigation by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. ODFW released 37,600 smolt on Sept ...