Squaxin Island Tribe's Natural Resources

Video of  Squaxin Island Tribe Fish Techs Danny Snyder and Bear Lewis sampling the Tribes coho commercial fishery.
Commercial sampling video
Video recorded and provided by Emmett O’Connell, South Sound Information and Education Officer, NWIFC.

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From Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Website:
Anderson Good Choice to lead WDFW
The treaty tribes of western Washington look forward to continuing to work with Phil Anderson as director of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW).
Anderson was named the department’s permanent director Saturday by the nine-member commission….(read more at NWIFC website).

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Shelton Mason County Journal Video Slide Show
The First Salmon – As  told by Cecil Cheeka
Once there was a little boy, and he loved salmon. He played with salmon and he swam with salmon. Finally the salmon people decided to take him home with them. He wanted to go, so they took him to the land [...]

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The Squaxin Island Tribe has partnered with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to place coho salmon in Gosnell Creek, a tributary in upper Mill Creek. A total of 10,000 fish were planted in two locations known to have water cool enough for salmon to thrive throughout the summer.

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On Wednesday June 24th, 2009 the Squaxin Island Tribal Council approved the Annual Chinook/Coho/Chum Commercial Fishing Regulation package.
Changes to the 2009 Annual Fishing Regulations include:
Page 5&6—–’09 Annual Regulations/Chinook Regulations-
Section III.
F. Legal Gear-   defined Set Gillnet, Drift Gillnet and Beach Seine.
G. Illegal Gear- defined Purse Seine.
Page 3—–2009/2010 Coho and Chum Regulations
Section V.
12.    Beach Seines- requesting fishermen [...]

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This week’s heavy rain that began falling Monday May 4th through today (Thursday May 7th) made for some high flowing South Puget Sound creeks.  After Monday night, 3 of the 4 weir smolt traps that Squaxin operates have blown out.
Luckily the traps are designed to blow out in high flow events.  Each trap has “blow [...]

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From NWIFC Website:
A pair of smolt traps is helping the Squaxin Island Tribe get a better picture of natural salmon production in the Sherwood Creek watershed.
“The Sherwood watershed is one of the most complicated systems in the tribe’s treaty-reserved fishing area,” said Joe Peters, fisheries management biologist for the Squaxin Island [...]

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The Squaxin Island Natural Resources (SINR) is currently collecting data to estimate the number of coho salmon smolts outmigrating from Mill, Cranberry, Goldsborough, Schumacher and Sherwood Creeks.  These five creeks empty in to Deep South Puget Sound, with in the Squaxin Island Tribes usual and accustom areas.
The project objectives include using weir panel and Screw [...]

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The South Sound Science Symposium is coming up on May 6th.  Don’t forget to register!  The agenda is now available here.

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Photo courtesy of NWIFC

Treaty Tribes, State Mark North of Falcon 25th Anniversary
From The Northwest Fisheries Commission website: (Being Frank)
We’re marking an important milestone in cooperative salmon co-management this year. It’s the 25th anniversary of the North of Falcon process for setting treaty tribal and non-Indian fishing seasons in western Washington.
We’ve sure come a long ways [...]

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