Tribe’s steelhead monitoring could inform Skagit River fisheries
Following a pandemic-necessitated break in annual data collection, the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe this year resumed a test fishery for…
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Test fishery data to protect stocks — now and in the future
Two years ago, the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe embarked on an effort to learn more about the impact sport fisheries have…
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe to hold coho salmon fishery this fall
PORT ANGELES, Wash.–The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe (Tribe), Olympic National Park (ONP), and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife…
Test fishery holds promise for tribal fishers
A Nisqually Tribe study on the effects of gillnetting and releasing chinook salmon has produced promising results, and eventually could…
New hatchery program aims to boost Skagit River chum
Water sloshed from the back of a truck as it made its way from the confluence of Sutter Creek and…
Decades after dam removal, a record run of salmon
More than 140,000 juvenile coho salmon departed the Goldsborough Creek watershed this year, an exciting milestone after the Squaxin Island…
Workshop supports tribal fisher education on regulations, sales, marketing
The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe has been giving its fishers an economic boost with workshops and grants to help them…
A seaweed seed bank for the future
Motivated by the need to build climate change resilience, the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is exploring seaweed beds along the Strait…
Elwha River test fishery looks at potential fishing methods
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe is testing selective fishing methods on the Elwha River with the hope of reopening the…