Suquamish Tribe revives cockle population for tribal harvest
After four years of carefully rearing cockles from broodstock, the Suquamish Tribe celebrated its...
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Steelhead population has doubled in Skokomish River, Hood Canal
The steelhead population in the Skokomish River has doubled since the Skokomish Tribe started a supplementation project in 2006, part of a 16 year-long project to boost the steelhead population in Hood Canal. “The increase in...
Read MoreLower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s steelhead program winding down
While the Elwha River’s two fish-blocking dams are coming down, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s native steelhead broodstock program is winding down too. Since 2005, the tribe has been collecting steelhead fry from the lower...
Read MoreStillaguamish Tribe collects broodstock to supplement North Fork Stillaguamish chinook
The Stillaguamish Tribe’s Natural Resources Department began its annual broodstock collection today on the North Fork Stillaguamish River. The adult chinook salmon will be spawned at the tribe’s hatchery, which has...
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Puyallup Tribe livespawns steelhead to give them one more chance
The Puyallup Tribe of Indians is employing a special technique to give steelhead that are part of...
Read MoreHerald: Stillaguamish Tribe gathering juvenile chinook to save dwindling run
The Daily Herald of Everett reports on the Stillaguamish Tribe’s efforts to capture juvenile chinook and raise them to maturity for use as hatchery broodstock: There was a time when a net cast in the south fork of the...
Read MoreState-tribal project marks century of saving salmon
The Seattle Times and the Marysville Globe reported on 100 years of hatchery cooperation. The Seattle Times: The Tulalip Tribes continued a century-old tradition last week of partnering with state hatcheries for the increased...
Read MoreSeattle Times: Elwha Tribe give steelhead a helping hand
Seattle Times: Native steelhead in the Elwha River are being closely monitored to ensure they stay out of harm’s way when two fish-blocking dams are torn down in 2009. In the past two years, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe...
Read MoreLower Elwha Klallam Tribe Fights for Existence of Sol Duc Hatchery
LOWER ELWHA (Feb. 7, 2002) — Just when the legendary Elwha chinook were ready again to make their famous run into the Olympic Mountains, they may be snuffed out by bureaucratic budget cutting. Under an across the board 15...
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