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River pollution may be confusing fish into mating with the wrong species

A polluted river in Mexico may be scrambling the love lives of two small fish species — so much so that it may be erasing the ...

Clements Fishing Barge has been a Mississippi River fixture for 90 years

The Clements see people who've traveled from countries far away, friends who meet at the same time annually, and a growing ...
The Diplomat

Where Have All the Mekong River’s Fish Gone?

Policymakers have clung to the fiction that damage to fish populations from hydropower projects can be avoided – with devastating consequences. The Mekong was once a river teeming with fish, providing ...
Vail Daily

The Eagle River is ‘fishing awesome,’ but how long will that last?

Home to 15 different fish species, the Eagle River is known for being an angler’s dream, and so far this summer, recent ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Fish Traps Have Been Banned on the Columbia River for Nearly a Century. Could Bringing Them Back Help Save Salmon?

A new experiment is testing the commercial success of fish traps in Washington and Oregon. Even as some conservationists embrace the technique, its return has reopened old wounds among local fishers ...