Tribes collaborate to test invasive crab trapping method
Lummi Nation Aquatic Invasive Species Division staff deployed a series of innovative “crab slab” traps around the Lummi Sea Pond…
Eelgrass mitigation project a growing success
Along Ediz Hook, a large spit that extends around Port Angeles Harbor, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and partners started…
Giving Olympia oysters a hand in Discovery Bay
Discovery Bay’s expansive mudflats along the Olympic Peninsula have fostered the recovery of native Olympia oysters. The population has grown…
Tribe partners with paper mill to monitor European green crab
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe is partnering with a Port Angeles paper mill to expand invasive European green crab monitoring.…
eDNA: A hands-off science for species detection
The Suquamish Tribe is using environmental DNA (eDNA) to figure out which fish are using the Doe Kag Wats watershed,…
Being Frank: Repealing Climate Commitment Act comes at too high a cost
Being Frank is a column by Chairman Ed Johnstone of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. As a statement from the…
Tribes look at spawning cycles of sea cucumbers
Treaty tribes in western Washington are sampling sea cucumber gonads to better understand mating behaviors and figure out what’s preventing…
Being Frank: Washington fisheries are managed using a conservation-first approach
Being Frank is a column by Chairman Ed Johnstone of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. As a statement from the…
What’s killing Hood Canal salmon? Tags offer clues
While the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe knows from recent studies that only half of out-migrating juvenile fish are getting past…