VANCOUVER — A study has found catch-and-release sportfishing practices that leave salmon with injuries, particularly to their eyes, cause higher mortality than earlier research suggested. Scott Hinch, ...

Mark Hume is a former national correspondent for The Globe and Mail and a Vancouver-based writer whose books include River of the Angry Moon and Trout School. His latest, Reading the Water, will be ...

A six-year study from the University of B.C. into why salmon are dying after catch-and-release fishing has led to major recommendations for anglers to overhaul the practice. Using smaller hooks, ...

Sport fishers and scientists are launching a bid to improve salmon survival by changing recommended catch-and-release techniques. The Sport Fishing Institute (SFI) is “fully on board” with 15 new ...

WEST FARGO – No one will argue the intent of catch-and-release fishing: To enjoy the thrill of landing a fish and then successfully releasing it to live another day and possibly providing an ...

The Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) is calling on the provincial government and Department of Fisheries and Oceans to ban the practice of catch-and-release for salmon in B.C. And they are citing the ...

The provincial government is pursuing two new studies of the Fraser River white sturgeon, while First Nations conservationists call for the recreational fishery to be curtailed. “We have a longtime ...