Tulalip Tribes won’t set crab pots during sport chinook fishery
As reported on the Seattle Times Reel Time Northwest blog, the Tulalip Tribes will not have crab pots in the water when the recreational "bubble" fishery opens Friday. The bubble…
Hoh Steelhead Family Tree Subject of Hoh Tribe Cooperative Study
HOH RIVER -- The Hoh Tribe is conducting a study to determine the genetic relationships between today's Hoh River native steelhead and hatchery steelhead. The genetic study will reveal the…
Sport fishermen benefit from short tribal fishery
Sharp cuts in fishing by the Puyallup Tribe of Indians this year will allow sport fishermen to start fishing for chinook on the Puyallup River two weeks early. "The tribe is going to be off the water more this year to reduce impacts on returning chinook, and this gave more opportunity for sport fishermen," said Chris Phinney, the tribe's salmon fisheries management biologist. The cuts by the tribe were agreed to last spring during the tribal and state salmon fisheries management process.
Tulalip Tribes react to fishing lawsuit
Everett Herald: A lawsuit that aims to reduce the number of Puget Sound chinook salmon caught by fishermen could spell the end of what has been a traditional way of…