A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld a ruling forcing a federal irrigation project to boost flows in the Klamath River to help threatened salmon even if it means shutting off water to farms. We hope that the end of this litigation is a sign that there will be progress on working together toward a durable long-term solution, to the region s water problems, said Jan Hasselman, attorney for Earthjustice, which represented fishermen and conservation groups in the case. We hope that the end...

The key to Mexico's success lies in the abundant supply of sardines, which has long lured a variety of tuna species to the Pacific coastline, from the relatively rare dark-meat bluefin to the more common white-meat albacore and yellowfin that end up in tins. Many of them return on nonstop flights from Los Angeles as slabs of fresh toro, the "foie gras of the sea," fattened, refrigerated and ready for the sashimi knives. Bluefin "ranches," which offer a reliable source of toro sushi that is...

Low returns of spring Chinook to the Columbia and Snake Rivers will severely curtail and may even cancel fishing seasons for Washington and northern Oregon fishermen this year, increasing economic hardship for Pacific Northwest communities still reeling from last year's fisheries disaster on the Klamath. Low returns of spring Chinook to the Columbia and Snake Rivers will severely curtail and may even cancel fishing seasons for Washington and northern Oregon fishermen this year, increasing...

A solitary great blue heron stalks fish and frogs, blizzards of sandpipers and plovers peck in mud flats for crustaceans, kestrels swoop down on field mice. Two American bald eagles perch on the high branches of a dead tree, their yellow eyes trained on muskrats nibbling cattail shoots in shallow Tschache Pool. Its caretakers set fires, spray chemicals, build dikes and alter wetland levels to improve nesting and feeding conditions for the million or more birds and waterfowl that drop in...

San Diego and Baja California became hubs for tuna fishing and canning in the early 1900s, when white-fleshed tuna was marketed as an alternative to chicken. Many of them return on nonstop flights from Los Angeles as slabs of fresh toro, the "foie gras of the sea," fattened, refrigerated and ready for the sashimi knives. Bluefin "ranches," which offer a reliable source of toro sushi that is higher in oil than lean fish straight off the boat, have popped up in waters from Spain to...