Restoring salmon and other anadromous fish to the Merrimack River and other watersheds. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Efforts at the University of Washington to investigate issues surrounding salmon biology in the Columbia and Snake River basins. CBR research has produced computer models which simulate and predict salmon migration and survival in the Columbia Basin and salmon harvest in the North Pacific.

Current data on fish passing dams in the Columbia River system, northwestern U.S. Fish counts for Lower Granite begin March 1st. Counts for Bonneville begin March 15th. All others begin April 1st.

Information on dams, water diversions, impoundments, and hydroelectric projects, their impacts, and related links.

Current and historic data on salmon and steelhead in the Snake and Columbia river basins.

US Fish and Wildlife Service computer tools to assist in design and evaluation of culverts for fish passage. FAQ, downloads, bibliography of related technical papers, and other resources on the topic.

Modeling software, theory, and applications. Instream flow model for trout. Salmon out-migration survival simulator.

Online information about salmon and trout in King County and the Puget Sound region, including news, conservation and monitoring efforts, and conservation volunteer opportunities.

Smithsonian Magazine article about threats to the population of this fish.

Competition and information among British Columbia salmon purse seiners: spatial analysis, past exploitation rates, comments.

Review (with large collection of web links) of scientific, political, religious, and other views about Pacific salmon recovery for the Oregon Coast and Columbia River Basin; including views about dams, hatcheries, habitat, and fisheries.

The Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tag has been developed as a research and management tool for monitoring the movement of juvenile and adult salmonids in the Columbia River Basin.

Short report on an experimental study to determine the cause of the poor success of fish re-introductions in the Gila River.

Environmental Media Services briefing for journalists on environmental issues involved in salmon aquaculture. Also has articles about other concerns related to this fish.

Raising Salmon and trout for sustaining stocks in the Seymour River, British Columbia. An educational facility for teaching people the importance of fish, habitat and environment.

Essay about the decline of wild salmon populations.

Information on the progress of whirling disease research. Whirling disease, caused by the microscopic parasite Myxobolus cerebralis, has severely damaged wild trout populations in some western U.S. fishing streams.

Nonprofit science-based organization working to protect and restore Washington State's wild fish (including salmon) and their habitats. Site describes current stream survey and restoration projects.

Registered non-profit whose purpose is to conduct research, and educate the public about wild salmon and issues surrounding them. Information about fisheries and habitat management topics, particularly in Canada.

Manage Salmon fisheries in Scotland.

U.S. National Partnership on the Management of Wild and Native Cold Water Fisheries research and information on this trout infection caused by a parasite (Myxobolus cerebralis) with a two-host life cycle -- fish and worms.