Hood Canal tribes receive funding from U.S. Navy for enhancement projects
The Kitsap Sun has reported that the U.S. Navy will pay $9 million to Hood Canal tribes as part of a mitigation agreement for natural resources impacted by the construction…
Restoration of Critical Sockeye Habitat on Upper Quinault River Begins
Historically, Quinault River sockeye had more than 55 miles of spawning habitat from the mouth of Lake Quinault to the Olympic National Park border. Today there are fewer than 3 miles of spawning habitat corresponding with a precipitous drop in sockeye populations. Halting the erosion of remaining spawning habitat and creating more is a goal of the Quinault Indian Nation (QIN).
Annual Report
This report is an overview of the natural resources management activities of the treaty tribes in western Washington. The tribes and their Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission are active in all…
Students tour Stilly Fish Hatchery
The Arlington Times reports on student tours at the Stillaguamish Hatchery:
Kip Killebrew, fish enhancement biologist with the hatchery, showed the students how harvested eggs and sperm are combined in the hatchery’s trays to fertilize the eggs.
Tribal Hatcheries Release 31 Million Salmon in 2006
OLYMPIA (May 23, 2007) – Treaty Indian Tribes in western Washington released 31 million hatchery salmon in 2006, according to recently compiled statistics.
Nearly all of the chinook and coho salmon produced at tribal hatcheries were “mass marked” by removal of the adipose fin – a fleshy extremity just behind the dorsal fin on the fish’s back. Clipping the fin makes for easy identification when the hatchery fish return as adults and are harvested.
Of the 31 million salmon released, 9.6 million were chinook. Significant numbers of chum (9.5 million) and coho (7.8 million) were also released in addition to 3 million sockeye and nearly 1 million steelhead. Some of the salmon released by the tribes were produced in cooperation with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, State Regional Enhancement Groups, or other sport or community groups.