Locally caught buoy-gear swordfish can be on your plate a day after it’s caught. (iNaturalist) While gillnet fishing has substantial environmental impacts, it does have a high rate of catch.

The states of Oregon and Washington closed the fishery to the retention of Chinook salmon on Wednesday after anglers caught too many fish. Chinook retention was closed from Buoy 10 up to Puget Island.

The buoy gear is set to catch fish during the day and fishermen stay close to monitor for catches. Mesh drift nets were often unattended for hours as they floated across the ocean, mostly between ...

Be forewarned, though, the fishing at Buoy 10 is not for everyone. In this portion of the Columbia River, freshwater flows over the top of incoming ocean water, and if there is a wind at all ...

Guam’s anchored fish aggregation devices, FADs, will be upgraded with the installation of satellite echosounder buoys, the Guam Department of Agriculture said in a press release. The satellite ...