Subsistence fishery puts food in tribal members’ freezers
For just a few hours one morning in May, Lummi Nation tribal members in about a dozen aluminum boats took…
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Can the blueback survive?
Quinault tribal fisherman Butch Pope, policy representative Ed Johnstone and President Fawn Sharp grew up eating blueback salmon. The Quinault…
Skokomish Tribe upgrades water quality lab
The Skokomish Tribe is upgrading its water quality lab to a state-of-the-art facility. The tribe recently purchased high-end water quality…
Quileute Tribe Awaits Congressional Approval on Land Acquisition
The Quileute Tribe is awaiting word on legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Bremerton to finalize a land acquisition…
Alarming fish virus in state hatchery-reared steelhead on Bogachiel River
To partially make up for the loss, about 130,000 winter steelhead eggs from the Makah Tribe’s Hoko Falls Hatchery will be transferred to the Bogachiel Hatchery for rearing and release. Those steelhead eggs are genetically similar to the fish raised at the Bogachiel Hatchery.
Receiving these eggs at this time guarantees continued production at the Bogachiel Hatchery.
Eatonville Dispatch: New Mashel River logjams to protect salmon and property
From the Dispatch: New logjams in the Mashel River Ð being built this summer by the Nisqually Indian Tribe Ð…
Everett Herald: Stillaguamish salmon run’s future rests on 45 fish
The Everett Herald on the Stillaguamish Tribe’s south fork Stilluagmish chinook broodstock program: Stillaguamish tribal biologists are planning DNA tests…
Puyallup Tribal News: Second elders fishing season yields 17
The Puyallup Tribal News covered this year’s elders fishery: For the second year, Puyallup Tribal elders were given the first…
Kitsap Sun: Gorst Chinook Run Changes
The Kitsap Sun reported on the potentially early-returning chinook to Sinclair Inlet in a few years. GORST — Three years…