California Judge Helps Declining Fish
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A federal judge imposed limits on water flows caused by huge pumps he says were drawing in and destroying a threatened fish.
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The government has announced new regulation that will limit fish farms and require better treatment of wastewater, among other measures.
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By Bob Hood, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Mar. 4--If the inside of your tackle box looks like a can of worms, it's probably time to empty it and start over.
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By Larry Parsons, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep. 23--A state appeals court has overturned Monterey County's environmental clearance for a large quarry in the Gabilan foothills above the Salinas Valley.
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By Rocky Barker, The Idaho Statesman, Boise May 25--A federal judge chastised the Bonneville Power Administration and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wednesday for violating commitments to minimize killing endangered salmon at the Columbia and Snake rivers dams. U.S.
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By Kevin Howe, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Jun. 9--Drift gill net fishing won't be allowed in a conservation area off the Pacific Coast this summer, the National Marine Fisheries Service has announced.
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For the last decade, California has waged a Sisyphean battle against the northern pike, a fish and a voracious eating machine.
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By Craig Tenbroeck, North County Times, Escondido, Calif.
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The number of chinook salmon returning to California's Central Valley has reached a near-record low, pointing to an "unprecedented collapse" that could lead to severe restrictions on West Coast salmon fishing this year, according to federal fishery regulators.
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A federal judge in California is scheduled to release a decision this week that will outline what the Navy must do to protect whales and other marine mammals from the loud blasts of its sonar equipment.
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A federal judge in Sacramento upheld a California law regulating greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks, another in a string of legal defeats for the auto industry this year.
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A state judge in California on Thursday dismissed charges against the three remaining state criminal defendants in theÂ Hewlett-Packard spying case.
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A 20-year government effort to restore the population of an endangered native trout in Colorado has made little progress because biologists have been stocking some of the waterways with the wrong fish, a new study says.
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A US judge reimposes curbs on sonar which aim to protect whales, overturning a waiver by President Bush.
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By Randolph E. Schmid  SAN FRANCISCO  --  With declining catches close to shore, commercial fishing is turning to deeper waters, threatening species that live in the cold and gloom of the deep oceans, according to researchers.
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By Justin Miller, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Sep. 7--September 7, 2006 - Salmon anglers looking to haul in bright, fresh fish might want to think about heading to the Sacramento River.
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Federal biologists evaluating the effects of shifting millions of gallons of water to Southern California from rivers in the north were ordered by their superiors to revise a conclusion that the plan would hurt endangered salmon, a newspaper reported Saturday.