Eelgrass Shows Explosive Growth in Port Angeles Harbor
A multi-year eelgrass restoration effort in Port Angeles Harbor has proven successful for the...
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Tag: Juvenile Salmon
Kilisut Harbor, Oak Bay Finally Reconnected
Juvenile salmon can move freely from Oak Bay to Kilisut Harbor for the first time in 75 years,...
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Instant Hatchery To Boost Skokomish Salmon Production
An “instant hatchery” will increase the Skokomish Tribe’s chum salmon egg production at its Enatai...
Read MorePort Gamble S’Klallam Tribe transfers fish into new net pens
Juvenile coho salmon transferred into Port Gamble Bay this winter are settling into a brand new net pen to rear until they are released this spring. After the 25-year-old net pen structure was severely damaged during several...
Read MoreElwha Restoration Roundup: Record Chinook Return, Salmon Habitat Improving
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe says that changes to the Elwha River are occurring faster than anticipated since deconstruction of the two fish-blocking dams on the Elwha River started in 2011. The most recent milestone is the...
Read MoreMarine survival research focuses on juvenile salmon, preferred prey
Fisheries managers studying poor ocean survival of salmon are concentrating their research on juvenile fish and their preferred prey. Several tribes are collaborating on studies slated to begin in 2014 as part of the Salish Sea...
Read MoreTulalip Tribes turn “gulch” into Greenwood Creek
The Tulalip Tribes recently improved rearing habitat in a small coastal stream popular with juvenile chinook. Known to locals as “the gulch,” the unnamed stream had one of the highest densities of juvenile chinook of all the...
Read MorePort Gamble S’Klallam has Surprising Results in Nearshore Study
The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe is finding more juvenile salmon in small bays than other nearshore environments, including large estuaries in Hood Canal and Admiralty Inlet. “We’re not seeing fish near the mouths of big river...
Read MoreUpper Skagit Tribe surveys habitat use by juvenile chinook, steelhead
The Upper Skagit Tribe and the University of Washington (UW) are doing a two-year study examining seasonal habitat preferences for yearling chinook and steelhead in the Skagit River. Not all juvenile chinook salmon migrate out...
Read MoreSkokomish Tribe studying stomach contents of juvenile salmon
The Skokomish Tribe is studying the diet of juvenile salmon that have taken up residence in the nearly 400-acres of newly restored Skokomish tidelands in southern Hood Canal. After gently flushing out the stomachs of a small...
Read MoreTrees floating behind dam contribute to salmon recovery
ALDER – Over 100 trees that have fallen into the reservoir behind Alder Dam will be put to use constructing engineered logjams to create salmon habitat on Ohop Creek. “Trees that wash into the lake from the river and get...
Read MoreHerald reports on EPA grants to tribes
The Daily Herald of Everett reported on the $2 million in grants awarded to tribes by the EPA, describing how the Stillaguamish and Tulalip tribes plan to use the money: Fisheries experts for the Stillaguamish Tribe plan to use...
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