This Changes Some Things
A big win for wild Chinook salmon, Puget Sound orcas, and Wild Fish Conservancy. A federal judge has rejected the National Marine Fisheries Service’s “mitigation” …
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The Montana Story: Forty Years of Success
In 1974, Montana did something that stunned anglers across the state and the nation: it stopped stocking trout in streams and rivers that supported wild …
Washington Takes Historic Step to Legalize Fish Traps for Sustainable Commercial Fishing on the Columbia
Washington state is taking a historic step forward to legalized ish traps for sustainable commercial fishing on the Columbia River. This week, Washington Department of …
Tune in tonight to “Take Back Puget Sound”
Join Birgit Cameron of Patagonia Provisions, Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie, Kurt Beardslee of Wild Fish Conservancy, and Dylan Tomine, Patagonia fly fishing …
Taking Back Puget Sound
Dylan Tomine lays out the threat of Puget Sound’s net opens, the fight to get them out, and a bold new plan to take back …
Judge Asked to Halt Salmon Fishing in S.E. Alaska
Washington based Wild Fish Conservancy has tossed a legal grenade in the direction of the southeast Alaska chinook salmon fishery. A Seattle judge should shut …
The Fish Trap Moves Forward
Conventional fishing practices in mixed-stock commercial salmon fisheries of the U.S Pacific Northwest often result in bycatch mortality, impeding wild salmon recovery, altering ecosystem dynamics, …
Groups: No compromise on steelhead
Two of the conservation groups involved in events that led to the pending closure of Idaho’s steelhead season Saturday have signaled they have no intention …
The Fish Trap
Bycatch mortality from gillnets and other conventional harvest techniques impedes the recovery of Endangered Species Act (ESA)-listed salmonids and commercial fishing opportunities when ESA-take limits …
Update On Wild Fish Conservancy Net Pen Litigation
A federal judge has denied motions filed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, NOAA Fisheries Service, and by industry giant Cooke Aquaculture to dismiss all …