Tag Archives: Commercial Fishing

Tulalip puts oil spill equipment to use

The (Everett) Herald: TULALIP – When a 60-foot commercial fishing boat sank in Tulalip Bay recently, the Tulalip Tribes were ready to keep it from becoming an environmental disaster. That’s because last summer they applied for, and received, a $25,000 grant from the state for a trailer with equipment that contains and absorbs oil spills. […]

Kitsap Sun: Suquamish Netting Few Salmon

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From today’s Kitsap Sun: Salmon managers allowed Suquamish Tribe fishers to set their nets in Chico Bay on Monday, but their low catch suggests that relatively few chum salmon remain in saltwater, the tribe’s harvest manager said. Jay Zischke said it is not likely that commercial fishing will be opened again. Despite the low number […]