<p>In this 2012 photo, Bill Monroe, left, watches as fishing guide, Bob Rees, right, grabs the line to haul in a sturgeon in the Columbia River near Hammond, Ore. The downward trend in the number of legal-size sturgeon in the lower Columbia River has stopped and the population has started to increase.</p>
December 26, 2013
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December 26, 2013 8 p.m.
Sturgeon fishery moves to catch and release
ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) - The lower Columbia River white sturgeon fishery - a mainstay for fishing guides - is changing significantly in 2014.