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Tag: Forage Fish

Derelict boat removed from valuable intertidal habitat

Derelict boat removed from valuable intertidal habitat

October 9, 2023March 27, 2024

For nearly 15 years, the sunken 65-foot sailboat called Windjammer sat derelict near the shore of Kiket Island, where the…

Suquamish Tribe, State to Search for Herring Populations

Suquamish Tribe, State to Search for Herring Populations

April 5, 2021March 27, 2024

The Suquamish Tribe is adding herring to the mix of forage fish being surveyed in Puget Sound. Herring are considered…

Tracking Eulachon in the Elwha River

Tracking Eulachon in the Elwha River

June 2, 2020June 2, 2020

The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe is learning more about the eulachon that keep showing up in the river, even more…

Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe Habitat Survey Leads to Major Fish Passage Restoration

Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe Habitat Survey Leads to Major Fish Passage Restoration

September 30, 2019

Data from the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe’s 2014 intensive salmon habitat study helped get a $15 million Puget Sound nearshore…

Healthy forage fish habitat imperative to salmon recovery

Healthy forage fish habitat imperative to salmon recovery

August 11, 2017August 11, 2017

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] The Suquamish Tribe and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife are updating…

State of Our Watersheds: Forage Fish Habitat Threatened in the Strait, Bays

State of Our Watersheds: Forage Fish Habitat Threatened in the Strait, Bays

January 25, 2017June 5, 2017

Forage fish populations could be at risk because of modified and armored shorelines, according to the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s report in…

State of Our Watersheds: Depressed Herring Populations

State of Our Watersheds: Depressed Herring Populations

October 19, 2016April 24, 2017

Port Gamble Bay once was home to one of the largest herring populations in Puget Sound, a forage fish that…

Lower Elwha Klallam, USGS, Sea Grant: More forage fish seen at Elwha River mouth

October 9, 2014

The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Washington Sea Grant are observing an increase of forage fish…

Forage Fish Important to Salmon Diet

December 18, 2013

Shannon Miller and John Hagan keep a close eye on the phases of the moon so they can determine the…

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