A simple DIY fish trap can reveal surprising life underwater. Using basic materials and a little patience, we placed the trap in a canal full of small fish. When we returned later, it was filled with ...

Nearly a century ago, fish traps were banned on the Columbia River. The practice had been used by Indigenous communities of the Northwest for a millennia, but when European settlers expanded west, ...

A new experiment is testing the commercial success of fish traps in Washington and Oregon. Even as some conservationists embrace the technique, its return has reopened old wounds among local fishers ...