Dungeness crab molting period may be shifting
The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is gathering new information about Dungeness crab that will help manage the population. “Our goal is…
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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,…
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…
Shrimp test fisheries guide harvest management
The Suquamish Tribe conducted its annual fishery to test spot shrimp egg production in March, concurrent with other tribes and…
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…
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…
Low Chum Returns Shorten Fisheries, Reduce Egg Take
South Sound and Hood Canal chum salmon returns were lower than expected last fall. While enough chum reached the spawning grounds…
Juvenile Sea Cucumbers at Home in FLUPSY
The Suquamish Tribe and the Pacific Shellfish Institute (PSI) partnered this summer to learn more about what sea cucumbers like…