Tribe tests water temperature limits for chum salmon
Water temperature is critical to salmon. It affects their ability to grow, metabolize food and fight off diseases. If water…
Category: Harvest
Being Frank: Ocean fisheries are not a threat to salmon recovery
Being Frank is a column by Chairman Ed Johnstone of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. As a statement from the…
Hatchery program supports treaty salmon harvest on Cascade River
From the gravel banks along the Cascade River in the Skagit watershed, a few fishing nets stretched into the flow…
Real-time data buoys make ocean fishing safer
With rapidly changing conditions and threatening swells, the ocean can be a dangerous place for tribal fishers along the Olympic…
Discovering changes in salmon migration patterns
Treaty tribes and partners are looking for juvenile chinook salmon where they aren’t expected to be found. In partnership with…
Understanding seal predation on salmon
Treaty tribes and partners are collaborating to answer a question essential to marine mammal management: How many salmon are being…
Tribal leader explores fighting for treaty rights through lens of growing up on reservation
Port Gamble S’Klallam tribal member Ron Charles has co-authored a book focused on his tribe’s historic fight for their treaty…
Clam surveys guide harvest management
An abundance of young razor clams along the south end of Kalaloch Beach caught the attention of the staff from…
Tribes study harbor seal diet in Dungeness Bay
The Point No Point Treaty Council is diving into a question that’s been on many minds: how much impact are…