Pack Up Your Nets!!
An encouraging development emerged from Olympia this week, with 24 Washington State senators sponsoring a bill to buy out and retire all non-tribal gillnetting permits…
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Seattle Times Gets Well Deserved Thumping
The Seattle Times got a well deserved thumping for a remarkably naive story they recently ran suggesting that Salmon fisheries be suspended in an attempt…
Bigger Fish! Go Nisqually Tribe, Go!
Back in February we wrote a story urging fisheries managers to try sorting hatchery fish for size — in an effort to offset the harvest/predation…
Jesse Salomon | Our First-Ever Endorsement
Republicans and Democrats can both feel great about picking Jesse Salomon for State Senate in the 32nd District. Voters in this district find themselves choosing…
Coastal Crab | Recreationals Push To Expand Opportunity
The numbers are staggering: 300-1. That’s right, three hundred to one! For every single crab caught by recreational fishers in Washington coastal waters, the commercial…
Snohomish River estuary restoration hits milestone
We haven’t posted a lot of external news of late, but this important step on the restoration of teh Snohomish estuary seemed too important not…
Tidal Wave | Fighting Back for Recreational Fisheries
There’s an adage in Washington State fishery politics that the recreational fishermen are too disorganized and too idle to get much accomplished in Olympia. There…
Fisheries Mgmt for Dummies #2 | Recovery? You Try It!
For decades managers have been scaling back fisheries without successfully recovering local salmon runs. Our simulation will show you why this hasn’t worked, and let…
Fisheries Management For Dummies #1 | Bigger Fish
Taking a moment to look away from the chaotic Puget Sound Salmon Management negotiations themselves, we wanted to look for separate, constructive, management changes that…
EPA Leaves Pebble Mine on Hold, For Now
While it’s nowhere near a final ruling, it’s a surprising development. It’s easy to read this decision by the EPA as both a positive step…