Shortbelly rockfish are common off California but were rare in Oregon until recently. Boosted by several strong reproductive years, their apparent expansion into new territory triggered a ...

Researchers from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife are spending nearly 10 weeks at sea surveying black, blue and deacon rockfish. June 23, 2025 contribute now ...

Larvae produced by black rockfish, a linchpin of the West Coast commercial fishing industry for the past eight decades, fared better during two recent years of unusually high ocean temperatures ...

KGW's monthly series 'Oregon In Season' goes to the southern coast, where Chef Sara Hauman hops on a boat and cooks up her catch that you can dine on this week!

Fishing for groundfish (sea bass, rockfish, etc.) off the Oregon Coast will be limited to inside the 20-fathom line beginning Friday. A fathom is six feet, so the limitation will allow groundfish ...

Microplastics — tiny synthetic particles shed from clothing, packaging and other sources — are prevalent in many of the fish species eaten in Oregon, per a new study. Why it matters: Ingestion ...

An amateur fisherwoman may have unexpectedly broken a world record while angling for rockfish in Oregon on April Fools' Day. Tillamook, Oregon, resident Rebecca Jones began her Monday morning by ...

Idaho fishing columnist Jordan Rodriguez recounts catching black and blue rockfish at the Oregon coast, as well as losing a halibut.

Idaho natives Nick Young and his son, Jaxon, have taken their fishing guide business to Gold Beach, Oregon, where they are targeting salmon, rockfish and lingcod. Jordan Rodriguez Years ago, while ...