Being Frank: Hatchery salmon hold the ecosystem together
Being Frank is a column by Chairman Ed Johnstone of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. As a statement from the…
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Henry “Hank” Lyle Adams Obituary
Olympia – Henry “Hank” Lyle Adams, age 77, a citizen of the Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes, began his…
Low Chum Returns Shorten Fisheries, Reduce Egg Take
South Sound and Hood Canal chum salmon returns were lower than expected last fall. While enough chum reached the spawning grounds…
Decades of Data Supports Fisheries Planning
For more than 38 years, Quinault Indian Nation fisheries crews have counted Queets River coho in several life stages of…
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…
Treaty Tribes and State Reach Agreement on 2020 Fisheries
Treaty tribal and state fisheries co-managers today reached agreement through the North of Falcon process on a fisheries package for…
Wrestling with Sharing, Protecting Culture in Parks
For tribes, the struggle between sharing culture and protecting it from being used by nontribal people for profit is a…
Cooperation Key to Containing Green Crab Invasion
Being Frank is a monthly column written by the chair of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. As a statement from…
Medal of Freedom awarded to Billy Frank Jr.
The Medal of Freedom was presented to Billy Frank Jr. on Nov. 24. It is the nation’s highest civilian honor. Frank…