‘Great success’: Baker River sockeye reach record number
A record number of Baker River sockeye are making their way upriver this year. The fisheries co-managers—consisting of the Upper…
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Upper Skagit Tribe Opens Brief Sockeye Fishery
UPPER SKAGIT TRIBE NEWS RELEASE The Upper Skagit Tribe conducted a four-hour Skagit River sockeye fishery on July 6. The…
Quinault Indian Nation jump-starting important spruce tree growth
Restoring Sitka spruce and native vegetation to the upper Quinault River valley floodplain is another piece of the complex puzzle…
Quinault Indian Nation Sovereignty over Lake Quinault affirmed
A U.S. District Court judge has affirmed the Quinault Indian Nation’s sovereignty over Lake Quinault and thrown out a case…
Upper Skagit tracks sockeye’s preferred prey
The Upper Skagit Indian Tribe is sampling zooplankton in Baker Lake and Lake Shannon to track the availability of food…
QIN closes Lake Quinault to non-tribal fishing
The Quinault Indian Nation has closed Lake Quinault to non-tribal fishing until further notice due to concerns about sockeye populations and…
Lummi Nation distributes sockeye to families
The Lummi Nation distributed sockeye salmon to tribal members last month for families to can and store for the winter.…
Skokomish Tribe Commemorates New Fish Passage at Lake Cushman
The Skokomish Tribe participated in a groundbreaking ceremony at Lake Kokanee this spring to celebrate the beginning of the construction…
Some Fraser River sockeye surviving warming waters better than others
Researchers from the Canadian Department of Oceans and Fisheries and other institutions are finding genetic markers in Fraser River salmon…