NEWPORT, Ore. — Oregon commercial trollers have decided to hold off on a decision about the opening of salmon season until federal fishery scientists present their findings this week. More than 100 ...

PORTLAND — After the commercial chinook salmon season turned into a disaster for Oregon fishermen last year, preseason estimates indicate there could be some improvement this year. More than 500,000 ...

COOS BAY — To some commercial salmon fishermen, the season is over. The crystal ball is clear. To other commercial trollers, sport fishermen, charter companies and scientists, the work is just ...

PRINCESS, A 42-FOOT fiberglass commercial troller is moored in slip N-4 on the west side of the Port Angeles Boat Haven. For the next eight or nine days, the owner, Heather Sears, along with her lone ...

CHARLESTON - As quickly as the fishing day started last Saturday for commercial troller Paul Merz, it ended. Steam billowed out from the engine room and a vent on the deck of the 43-foot F/V Joanne, ...

As spring approaches, thousands of Alaskan fishing families don’t yet know if they will be allowed to fish for the prized Chinook salmon this year. For full-time commercial fishermen like myself who ...