Fish traps have been in use ever since there has been water and mud. Original inhabitants of Alaska who lived along the river systems figured out quite quickly how to trap fish. The first traps were ...

New fish trap that allows unwanted fish to escape wins conservation award. Photo by: Tim McClanahan/WCS. An innovative fish trap that allows small non-target fish to escape has won a new content by ...

The Wild Fish Conservancy in partnership with other conservation groups has spent two seasons employing test fish traps on the Columbia River near Cathlamet. The once-outlawed commercial fishing ...

He might not have known it at the time, but Dave Genz was making ice fishing history in 1980, when he built the first flip-top portable ice fishing shelter in the garage of his Twin Cities-area home.

CATHLAMET, Wahkiakum County — More than eight decades after their demise, fish traps are getting a fresh look from researchers convinced they offer a more sustainable way to catch Columbia River ...