The federal government denied a petition to list Chinook salmon along the Oregon and Northern California coasts as endangered.

Federal wildlife officials decided not to list coast Chinook salmon as threatened or endangered, ending multiple requests from conservation groups.

Two species of Chinook salmon will not be added to the federal endangered species list. In a report published Dec. 8, the National Marine Fisheries Service and the National ...

NOAA Fisheries has determined that coastal Chinook salmon in Oregon and Northern California do not warrant protections under ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Friday announced a temporary prohibition on wild Spring Chinook Salmon harvest on the main-stem Umpqua River.

The Center for Biological Diversity, a group petitioning for the protections, lambasted the Trump administration for the decision.

Jes Burns / OPB A logjam on a river can be a beautiful thing – especially if you’re a salmon. Logjams collect the gravel salmon need to lay their eggs. But if you’re a spring chinook on the South ...

Ask a fisherman or a fish biologist about Oregon's official state fish, also called king salmon, known in these parts as chinook. For that matter, a waitress or an artist or a tribal chief will talk ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The National Marine Fisheries Service announced Wednesday that the Oregon Coast and southern Oregon/Northern California Coast Chinook salmon may need protection under the Endangered ...

(CN) — The Biden administration said Tuesday it will consider adding Chinook salmon in Oregon and Northern California to the endangered or threatened species lists. "Based on information provided by ...

Spring Chinook are beginning to swim into Oregon rivers, including the Willamette, following the heavy rain last week. That means anglers can start thinking about landing some of the delicious-tasting ...

A group of environmental nonprofits filed a petition in 2022 to protect the spring-run Chinook along the Oregon Coast and part of Northern California. Jeff Miller from the Center for Biological ...