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Washington State Legislative Session Wrap Up
The Washington State Legislative long session ended on April 23rd. Native Fish Society joined Trout Unlimited’s Washington State Advocacy Committee and volunteers to meet with legislators and ask...
Washington State Legislature requires net pen industry to pay for oversight
Aquaculture net pens operate in the public waters of Washington state. The state government sets rules for the pens, monitors and inspects the pens, and when things go wrong, the state must step in...
Speak Out Against Harmful Net Pens!
NFS joins with other wild fish advocates to stand against this action. Yesterday, Washington's Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced they have approved permits that will allow Cooke...
River Steward Program Newsletter Winter 2018
We are starting to see rains show up earlier in southern Oregon than I can remember in the past couple of years, and I hope that this is the beginning to a long wet winter here in the Northwest. ...
Native Fish Responds To Washington's Orca Whale Crisis
The Washington State Governor’s office created an Orca Whale Task force to address the declining health of Pod J, a pod of 76 whales that lives in and feeds on Chinook salmon in Puget Sound. This...
Say No To Atlantic Salmon Farming in Puget Sound
Facts are still forthcoming on Monday's accidental release of up to 305,000 farmed Atlantic salmon from a net pen into Puget Sound near Cypress Island, WA. Nevertheless, the threat from these...
Mark Sherwood
River Steward says "No" to Proposed Pioneer Park Hatchery.
River Steward Bradley Bobbitt was concerned when he heard that the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife had submitted an application to permit a new fish hatchery through the Washington State...
Strong Runs Winter 2017
Strong Runs ~ Winter 2017 ~ Issue 11.1 If you're a member of the Native Fish Society keep your eyes peeled -- our latest Strong Runs newsletter should be showing up in your mailbox this week! This...
Quiet on the spawning grounds
Things are quiet on the spawning grounds of South Puget Sound tributaries following frigid temperatures last week. Most fish tagged through out Coastal Cutthroat Campaign were heading back out to...
River Stewards to NOAA: Protect wild fish, not artificial production.
On December 20th, 2016 78 River Stewards from throughout the Northwest submitted the following letter to NOAA-National Marine... Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposal to include hatchery programs as part of Pacific salmon and steelhead species listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). As a diverse...
