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…
Puyallup Tribe urges state to save Voights Creek hatchery
From the Seattle Times:
Buried deep within the 298 pages of the proposed Senate operating budget for 2009-11 is the possible closure of the Voights Creek Hatchery on the Puyallup River watershed.
The long-standing hatchery in Orting, which has been producing salmon since 1917, pumps out a massive 780,000 yearling coho and 1.6 million hatchery-marked chinook annually.
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