Megan Moody recalls when the Bella Coola River had so many spawning eulachon the water turned black, as massive schools swarmed in from the sea and she ran along the shore with other kids picking up ...

When the Nuxalk band gathers on the banks of the Bella Coola River, it is usually to celebrate the blessings of nature. But this spring, instead of singing to welcome back the salmon or casting eagle ...

A record eulachon run just wrapped up in Haines. They’re an oily smelt fish that are known to run in just a few dozen rivers in Alaska. Yet little is known about this long-loved subsistence fish, ...

TROUTDALE Ore. (KPTV) - On Thursday, hundreds of families and fishermen took to the banks of the Sandy River for the one-day recreational harvest of eulachon smelt. “The keys are to have a strong ...

Standing on the banks of the Sandy River, Oregon, at 11:45 on Thursday morning, parents, grandparents and kids jostled for a good spot and ready their nets. Below, in the clear water, thousands of ...

The eulachon fish — not totally understood by science or capitalism — is suddenly a star, as spectators gather in droves to watch the oily, shiny fish make their run down B.C.'s Skeena River. "Usually ...

Can the Northwest's huge runs of eulachon smelt be preserved? Oregonians over 40 remember the fun of dipping nets into rivers alive with huge runs of eulachon smelt. Today, the tiny, mild-flavored ...

The Nuxalk Nation in Bella Coola is seeing signs that its eulachon run is returning after 20 years. The fish traditionally harvested in the Bella Coola River had disappeared without any clear reason ...

Like salmon, eulachon spend 3-5 years maturing in the open ocean before returning to freshwater (“anadromy”) to spawn and die (“ semelparity “) in the beginning stretches of snowmelt-fed Northwest ...

Listen to the Renew: Stories of Indigenous Innovation special on CBC Radio Monday, May 20 at noon local time, across the country. It's been decades since Les Antone has seen an abundance of eulachon ...

FISHERY BAY, Canada — It's nearly midnight, and Oscar Robinson Sr. has been on his feet for hours, stitching a torn fishing net by the light of a naked bulb. At sundown, two Steller sea lions—one of ...