Video: Swinomish Tribe Harvests Pink Salmon
In odd years, when pink salmon return to the Skagit River, members of the Swinomish Tribe harvest them with a…
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 Island, a traditional…
Bellingham 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…
Lummi fishermen pass down reef net heritage
Lummi Nation fishermen are returning to the traditional method of harvesting salmon in a reef net. The tribe held reef…
Video: Swinomish tribe harvests Fraser sockeye
Earlier this month, Swinomish tribal fishermen used a purse seine to harvest Fraser River sockeye in the San Juan Islands…
Lummi 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…
Kitsap 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…
“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…
Hatcheries 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…