On Thursday, WDFW approved dipping on Wednesday and March 22 — the last day of the season. Saturday's dipnetting is also ...

This year’s Cowlitz River recreational smelt dip-fishing season kicked off Wednesday almost totally without its two most important elements: smelt and people dipping for them.

Thousands of participants were expected to come out for smelt dipping this week to kick off the first recreational fishery of the season. But Wednesday got off to a slow start, with around 35 ...

West Philippine Sea is the name given by an administrative order (AO) of then President Benigno Aquino III to Philippine territorial waters west of the country. Aquino’s AO said West Philippine Sea ...

On March 1, Antarctic sea ice likely reached its minimum extent of 1.98 million square kilometers (764,000 square miles), tying for second lowest extent with 2022 and 2024 in the 47-year satellite ...

Stakeholders should stay informed as state and federal officials advance plans and policies for water conservation, water quality, and ...

There’ve been many recent winters when the ice isn’t thick enough for David MacDougall to set up his smelt shack on the Squamscott River in downtown Exeter. This year is different.

Among conservatives, though, smelt have become a lightning rod for criticism ... Climate change is also jacking up other flood risks, such as sea rise and snowmelt. All this is raising the chances of ...

The incredible Great Lakes smelt situation was so described last week by Dr. John Van Oosten of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The vast smelt population of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron (where ...

“Sea lampreys killed more than 100 million pounds ... in the 1960s to gobble up the smaller creatures. The tiny shiny smelt, themselves an invasive species, also have dramatically declined ...

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