Makah Tribe Studies Toxins to Support Harvest Management Practices
With warming ocean temperatures and more frequent and intense harmful algal blooms occurring, the Makah Tribe wants to better understand…
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Suquamish Tribe Reaches Out to Tideland Owners
As a way to better connect with waterfront landowners, the Suquamish Tribe has been hosting a successful shellfish social hour…
Jamestown S’Klallam Gathering Steelhead DNA for Database
The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe wants to know which age class of steelhead is surviving best within the Dungeness River watershed.…
Lower Elwha Klallam Looking at Hair Loss Syndrome in Black-Tailed Deer
Standing in the sunroof of a truck, Kim Sager-Fradkin points her spotlight into a dark clearcut, searching for pairs of…
Lummi Nation seeks federal relief following fishery closure
The Lummi Nation is seeking federal disaster relief for its fishing fleet following another year of poor returns of Fraser…
Research Helps Sustain Culturally Important Resources for Makah Tribe
The tribe is conducting several research projects to better understand the numbers of elk calves and black-tail deer fawns born each year and how many of them survive to maturity.“Without this kind of specific knowledge, it can be easy to over-estimate the expected rate of increase in a population and make mistakes in harvest management plans,” said Rob McCoy, wildlife division manager for the Makah Tribe.
Despite low chinook run, co-managers boost escapement
NISQUALLY – Good harvest management by tribal and state salmon co-managers has led to more chinook reaching the spawning grounds…
Tribes close fishery early to ensure future runs
STEILACOOM (October 3, 2008) – Tribal fishing in Chambers Bay will close about two weeks early to make sure that…
Puyallup Tribal News: Elders to fish first
A special fishing season for tribal elders takes place next month. From June 10 to June 13, the river will be open for elders to fish for ceremonial and subsistence use from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.
Chris Phinney, harvest management biologist for the Puyallup Tribe’s Fisheries/Hatchery Department, explained the rules in place. This special fishing season is open only to Puyallup Tribal members aged 50 and older. There will be no helpers allowed and no exceptions to the rules, he said. “They have to be tribal elders to be on the river.”