LA CONNER— Nearly every day in the spring through early fall, somewhere in the Skagit basin and San Juan Islands, a crew from the Skagit River System Cooperative (SRSC) is sampling fish populations. Rain or shine, in smooth waters or blustery wind, the crew pulls beach seines and sets fyke traps to count and measure […]
NWIFC geneticists assist member tribes in generating and evaluating data relating to the genetic structure of the fish populations they manage. Examples of the services genetics staff provide includes: Finding out what populations are present in mixed stocked fisheries, and tracing the interactions of independent populations. Evaluating gene flow among populations, inbreeding within populations, and […]
Vivian Lee, chair of the Hoh Tribe, and Mike Hagen, their director of land management, had a great column in the Seattle PI this morning: Riprap speeds the river’s flow, eliminating resting areas important to fish. It prevents rivers from creating natural logjams that are important in creating diverse fish habitat. Adding riprap is like […]
The (Everett) Herald breaks down SRF Board funding by river: Snohomish County should get $4.5 million for salmon recovery for 2008 and 2009, part of $60 million in grant money allocated to help save struggling fish populations across the state. The money comes from the state-funded Salmon Recovery Board and from direct appropriations from the […]
Bellingham Herald: With only 210 adult chinook salmon returning to the north and middle forks, and 120 returning to the south fork to spawn in 2005, fish managers are grappling with how to restore fish populations. Even though activities such as construction, farming and logging degraded habitat, restoration must still accommodate the river’s human neighbors. […]
PORT ANGELES (December 7, 2004) – The Salt Creek Watershed has about 50 miles of fish habitat, but half of it is inaccessible to salmon and trout, according to a recently completed assessment of the area. The study, developed by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the North Olympic Salmon Coalition, will be presented at […]
NEAH BAY (September 16, 2003) The rescue tugboat Barbara Foss began its first day of duty of the 2003-2004 winter season today. The Neah Bay- based tug received a rousing send-off in Seattle Monday from Makah tribal council members, state legislators and other guests. Unlike past years, the tug’s funding is firm for the next […]
September 24, 2002 Coastal treaty tribes will be especially hard hit by the sharp reductions in groundfish harvests off the Washington Coast this year. Declining salmon runs and poor market conditions have been conspiring against the tribes for the past couple of decades. Now, just when they are beginning to access their treaty-reserved share of […]
