Entries Tagged as 'Salmon'
Video of beach seine research demonstration at Priest Point Park
July 22nd, 2010 by eoconnell · Comments Off
Squaxin Net Pen Coho Smolt Released
May 28th, 2010 by Joseph Peters · Comments Off
Over the last couple of weeks Squaxin Island Natural Resources have released approximately 1.8 million coho smolt from the Net Pen facility located in Peale Passage. “Our hope is these coho live a healthy life through out their journey through the Puget Sound into the ocean and return back as 8 lbs adults for the [...]
Spring Storm Makes Mess of Smolt Traps
April 1st, 2010 by Joseph Peters · Comments Off
April 1st- Smolt Trap Update:
Yesterday we were able to get the traps fishing again only to let the blow out panels lose today. With another big spring storm scheduled to hit Western Washington early Friday morning, we are preparing for the worst and want to save Skookum and Cranberry traps from complete destruction.
The weir panel [...]
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Squaxin NR Installing Smolt Traps
March 24th, 2010 by Joseph Peters · Comments Off
The Squaxin Island Natural Resources began installing smolt traps in five local streams this week. This will be the eleventh year the Tribe has been doing smolt trap studies.
Monday, March 22nd a rotary screw trap was installed on Goldsborough Creek and a weir panel trap was installed on Skookum Creek, Tuesday March 24th. Over the [...]
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2010 North of Falcon Underway
March 2nd, 2010 by Joseph Peters · Comments Off
Preseason planning of 2010 Washington State commercial and recreational salmon fisheries is underway. The process known as North of Falcon is a series of meetings where representatives from Tribal, State, NOAA Fisheries, Fishing Industry and general public work together in developing the fisheries for the year. Over the next two months Andy Whitener and Joseph [...]
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Tribe appeals decision on Johns Creek
February 22nd, 2010 by eoconnell · Comments Off
From the press release:
The Squaxin Island Tribe is appealing to Gov. Chris Gregoire the decision by the state Department of Ecology to reject a petition to protect Johns Creek. ”Ecology’s inaction does further harm to our treaty-based fisheries,” said Andy Whitener, natural resources director for the Tribe. “Salmon recovery should not have to bear a [...]
Tags: Salmon · Water Quality · habitat
Squaxin Island Tribe files second petition to protect Johns Creek
January 8th, 2010 by eoconnell · Comments Off
A news release this afternoon:
The Squaxin Island Tribe has filed a second petition with the state Department of Ecology (DOE) to stop all new water withdrawals, including permit-exempt wells, in the Johns Creek watershed near Shelton. The action was taken to protect several runs of salmon that spawn and rear in the creek.
“There isn’t enough [...]
Tags: Salmon · Water Quality
Fall is here- Chum are in Kennedy Creek
November 6th, 2009 by Joseph Peters · Comments Off
Spawned out Kennedy Creek chum- November 4th
Thousands of chum salmon have started to make their journey up Kennedy Creek to spawn. The past weeks small rain events have push this fish out of the estuary in to the spawning grounds. It’s great to see the chum are here.
Squaxin Island Tribe treaty fisheries do target chum [...]
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Adult Spawner Surveys and Cranberry Creek Trap
October 21st, 2009 by Joseph Peters · Comments Off
It’s that time of year again when Squaxin NR staff puts on the chest wadders and walk a number of streams in the the South Puget Sound area counting the returning Chum and Coho salmon. We are in the streams 3 to 4 days out of the week count chum and hopefully finding some Coho [...]
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Squaxin Island Tribe restricts coho fishing to protect chum
October 19th, 2009 by Joseph Peters · Comments Off
This year the Squaxin Island Tribe closed the Arcadia Pt. area in Pickering Passage during its Treaty coho fishery to protect wild chum salmon. The area is well know by Tribal fishermen as a great place to intercept chum salmon as they begin to return to Totten and Hammersley Inlet streams.
In 2008 an unusually high [...]
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