Whatcom Creek fish provide opportunity for tribal families
Members of the Nooksack Indian Tribe fished for hatchery chinook salmon returning to Whatcom Creek this fall. From Bellingham’s Holly…
Category: Hatcheries
Being Frank: Federal funding supports tribal hatcheries that benefit everyone
Being Frank is a column by Chairman Ed Johnstone of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. As a statement from the…
Chief Leschi hatchery provides hands-on lessons
This spring, students at the Puyallup Tribe of Indians’ Chief Leschi Schools pulled on boots and trekked with buckets to…
Indigenous civil rights documentary FISH WAR to premiere at SIFF
FISH WAR, a documentary film produced by Northwest Treaty Tribes Media and North Forty Productions, will have its world premiere…
Puyallup Tribe rebuilds acclimation ponds to keep salmon safe
As 100,000 silvery coho yearlings were delivered this month to the newly rebuilt Cowskull acclimation pond in a blast of…
Tribe, partner preserving kelp for restoration needs
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe shellfish biologist Annie Raymond holds a piece of chocolate-colored kelp to the light, squinting to see if…
Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe celebrates new hatchery
The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe has a new hatchery at Point Julia, more than 40 years after the original facility…
Students team with Puyallup Tribe to raise, release salmon
A partnership between the Puyallup Tribe of Indians and two nearby schools continued this year, inspiring students to learn more…
Fisheries co-managers drafting joint hatchery policy
For decades, treaty tribes have operated their own hatchery programs to help sustain the region’s salmon and steelhead populations. Tribes…