Tribe, fishers team up to collect crab data
The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe’s fishers and scientists are working together to better manage Dungeness crab for tribal harvest. Working…
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Tribe’s steelhead monitoring could inform Skagit River fisheries
Following a pandemic-necessitated break in annual data collection, the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe this year resumed a test fishery for…
Test fishery data to protect stocks — now and in the future
Two years ago, the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe embarked on an effort to learn more about the impact sport fisheries have…
Test fishery holds promise for tribal fishers
A Nisqually Tribe study on the effects of gillnetting and releasing chinook salmon has produced promising results, and eventually could…
Elwha River test fishery looks at potential fishing methods
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe is testing selective fishing methods on the Elwha River with the hope of reopening the…
Video: NWIFC/WDFW South Sound chum salmon test fishery
For more than 30 years, the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife have been conducting…
South Sound chum test fishery results online
The results of this year’s annual South Sound chum salmon test fishery show that the run is stronger than originally…
Upper Skagit Tribe expands shellfish program
SEDRO-WOOLLEY – The Upper Skagit Tribe has ramped up its shellfish program by hiring a new biologist and holding test…