Skokomish Tribe upgrades water quality lab
The Skokomish Tribe is upgrading its water quality lab to a state-of-the-art facility. The tribe recently purchased high-end water quality lab equipment from the Shoalwater Bay Tribe to conduct more…
Quileute Tribe Awaits Congressional Approval on Land Acquisition
The Quileute Tribe is awaiting word on legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Bremerton to finalize a land acquisition detailed in a Seattle Times story here. Meanwhile, President Obama…
Alarming fish virus in state hatchery-reared steelhead on Bogachiel River
To partially make up for the loss, about 130,000 winter steelhead eggs from the Makah Tribe's Hoko Falls Hatchery will be transferred to the Bogachiel Hatchery for rearing and release. Those steelhead eggs are genetically similar to the fish raised at the Bogachiel Hatchery. Receiving these eggs at this time guarantees continued production at the Bogachiel Hatchery.
Eatonville Dispatch: New Mashel River logjams to protect salmon and property
From the Dispatch: New logjams in the Mashel River Ð being built this summer by the Nisqually Indian Tribe Ð will provide habitat for fish and help protect property from…
Everett Herald: Stillaguamish salmon run’s future rests on 45 fish
The Everett Herald on the Stillaguamish Tribe's south fork Stilluagmish chinook broodstock program: Stillaguamish tribal biologists are planning DNA tests for each fingerling to determine whether they are male or…
Puyallup Tribal News: Second elders fishing season yields 17
The Puyallup Tribal News covered this year's elders fishery: For the second year, Puyallup Tribal elders were given the first crack at the fishing season. Because of lower returns over…
Kitsap Sun: Gorst Chinook Run Changes
The Kitsap Sun reported on the potentially early-returning chinook to Sinclair Inlet in a few years. GORST — Three years from now, anglers and tribal fishermen should be able to…
Herald: Stillaguamish Tribe gathering juvenile chinook to save dwindling run
The Daily Herald of Everett reports on the Stillaguamish Tribe’s efforts to capture juvenile chinook and raise them to maturity for use as hatchery broodstock:
There was a time when a net cast in the south fork of the Stillaguamish River would bring in a variety of fish.
These days, nets often pull up little more than debris. (more…)
Daily Herald: Tulalip police get Coast Guard training
The Daily Herald of Everett reports:
Tulalip police officers who patrol the water off the coast of the Tulalip Indian Reservation and other areas where tribal members fish are now able to maneuver their vessels with expertise more common to the Coast Guard than that of a tribal government.
Four officers recently graduated from a two-month program through Zenith Maritime, a Coast Guard-certified agency that trains captains to expertly handle their boats. (more…)
Podcast: Nooksack Tribe revisits traditional dip net fishing
Nooksack cultural resources director George Swanaset Jr. recently made a dip net to demonstrate the traditional fishing method to young adults in the tribe's YouthBuild program