LW Sockeye Imbalance | Time To Square The Ledger
The last time sportfishers got a chance to target Sockeye in Lake Washington was 2006. That year, a return of over 400,000 adults produced an…
Salmon
Full Humptulips Season Going Mark Selective | Co-Managers Actually Collaborate
Subsequent to finishing North of Falcon discussions this past April, the Grays Harbor planning model came under scrutiny as it showed two problems. First, the model…
WTF!?!? | Leave Northwest Monuments ALONE
If you care about Northwest salmon runs, you know that healthy rivers are absolutely essential to their survival. As such, protecting + restoring those habitats…
Numbers Don’t Add Up #2 | Lake Washington Chinook
This second edition of “Numbers Don’t Add Up” dissects the 2016 endangered Lake Washington Chinook run. Similar to what we reported on the 2016 Coho…
Survive the Sound
Our friends at Long Live the Kings (www.lltk.org) have an interesting contest starting May 8th. The Survive the Sound campaign capitalizes on real tracking data…
Tribes and WDFW Give Elwha 2 More Years
The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and WDFW are doing the right thing — showing discipline and patience. In a joint press release posted today, the…
PS Recreational Chinook | Fresh Priorities Needed
In 2003 era of mark selective recreational fisheries began in Puget Sound. That year in Marine Area 5 and the Western portion of Marine Area…
Underwater Sea Lice Killing Drone | For Real!
Someday the right story just comes along to break the tension of the moment. Yeah, we have North of Falcon is kicking off, there’s a…
Numbers Don’t Add Up | Tribal Catch Questioned
As any of our regular readers will know, 2016 Coho season in Puget Sound was anything but typical. A dire early-season Coho forecast, collapses during…
2017 Forecasts Arrive
We’ll have continuing coverage of 2017’s season setting process — but the first major step happened today, with the release of the 2017 Salmon Forecasts….