When he stares out from the docks on the Feather River, James Stone—a 46-year-old lifelong fisherman—feels a pang of concern. Fishing for chinook salmon, also called king salmon, had been called off ...

California was one of the last places in the world to join the "global economy," but upon its discovery, the bounty of the "California Current" was plundered at record speed. In Tin Can Coast, author ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. William "Captain Smitty" Smith stands for a portrait at Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay in 2024. (Loren Elliott / For The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Commercial fishermen George Jue, left, and Dan St. Clair work at Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay in March 2024. (Loren ...

In a span of barely a month, the California state fishing record for Pacific Bluefin Tuna has been demolished not once but twice. The latest ...

In better times, droves of young winter-run Chinook salmon would travel 300 miles downstream from the Sacramento River, beneath the Golden Gate Bridge and into the Pacific. They would return as adults ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Southern Californians have been warned that more than 90 percent of ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Hundreds of thousands of lifeless fish have washed up on the shores of ...

El Niño years typically mean warmer ocean temperatures in California. The warmer waters can also bring more exotic fish to the region from tropical and subtropical areas. Though these fish are ...

If one oarfish landing on a beach is a sign of a disaster to come, how bad will it be if three wash up in quick succession? A silvery 10-foot-long creature, the oarfish has fueled fisherman's tales of ...