Video: Swinomish Tribe Harvests Pink Salmon
In odd years, when pink salmon return to the Skagit River, members of the Swinomish Tribe harvest...
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Tag: Salmon Harvest
Lummi Nation members honor traditions at historical fishing site
For the first time in generations, members of the Lummi Nation gathered on the shores of Henry...
Read MoreBellingham Herald: Lummi salmon harvest feeds nation, world
Tim Ballew II, chairman of the Lummi Nation, wrote the following in the Bellingham Herald today: With the largest native commercial fishing fleet in the United States, the Lummi Nation is able to contribute to the food supply of...
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Lummi fishermen pass down reef net heritage
Lummi Nation fishermen are returning to the traditional method of harvesting salmon in a reef net....
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Video: Swinomish tribe harvests Fraser sockeye
Earlier this month, Swinomish tribal fishermen used a purse seine to harvest Fraser River sockeye...
Read MoreLummi Nation holds reef net fishery at Cherry Point
For the first time in generations, the Lummi Nation held a reef net fishery at Cherry Point. “It feels good to say that as of yesterday, we, the Lummi Nation have been reef netting,” said Lummi Chairman Tim Ballew at a tribal...
Read MoreKitsap Sun: Cooperation at Salmon Harvest Talks
Chris Dunagan of the Sun had a great story on a later afternoon meeting between tribal and state fishermen during the North of Falcon process: Tribal and nontribal fishermen may have their differences in background and culture,...
Read More“Treaty tribes have helped cut salmon harvest by 84 percent”
Georgiana Kautz, the Nisqually Tribe’s natural resources manager, had a good opinion piece on harvest published in the News Tribune yesterday: Imagine if each year, everyone who harms salmon was required to talk about the...
Read MoreHatcheries Aren’t Habitat
There’s no question that hatcheries have a role to play in salmon recovery, but hatchery fish aren’t wild fish, just like hatcheries aren’t habitat. Hatcheries are absolutely needed to support some wild salmon stocks. Without...
Read MoreTribes Protect Salmon Resource Through Monitoring
FORKS (December 11, 2003) – The Timber Fish Wildlife (TFW)/Forests and Fish rules provide opportunity for tribes to participate in the review process that occurs before a forest practice application is approved. This is...
Read MoreSalmon Harvest Making Its Way To Those Most In Need
SKOKOMISH NATION (Oct. 24, 2001)
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