Tag Archives: harvest

Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Tests Remote Site Incubator to Enhance Chum Run

Sauk-Suiattle elders still talk about the old days harvesting chum salmon from Lyle Creek. With chum runs on the decline since 2007, and no fish in Lyle Creek, the Sauk-Suiattle Tribe is testing a method of enhancing the population using a remote site incubator. Salmon runs across Puget Sound are in decline because of lost […]

Kitsap Sun: Arsenic testing of geoducks possible

NWIFC Blog

The Kitsap Sun reported on the recent in-person meeting between U.S.’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Chinese officials about China’s ban of geoduck imported from the United States’ West Coast. While China was satisfied with testing for paralytic shellfish poisoning, the biggest issue was testing for arsenic, the Kitsap Sun reported. The United […]