Press Releases

WFC and The HSUS File Suit to Stop Illegal Sea Lion Killing at Bonneville Dam

Mar 19, 2012

 

Interim Agreement Protects Wild Elwha Steelhead From Hatchery Release

Feb 28, 2012

Interim Agreement Protects Wild Elwha Steelhead From Hatchery Release

Suit Filed To Block Elwha Hatchery Programs

Feb 09, 2012

Wild Fish Conservancy, The Conservation Angler, the Federation of Fly Fishers Steelhead Committee, and the Wild Steelhead Coalition have brought the suit against the Olympic National Park, NOAA Fisheries Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and representatives of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe.

BC Cover-up Questions the Dual Mandate of U.S. and Canadian Salmon Management

Nov 30, 2011

Yesterday a leaked manuscript revealed that the Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus (ISAv) was detected in B.C. as early as 2004, and that Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada personnel refused to release the information. This comes just a month after Canadian officials aggressively denied that the virus was present in B.C. and trumpeted their rigorous efforts to detect it and protect native salmon.

WFC Learns of ISAv Detection in B.C. Coho Salmon

Oct 28, 2011

Wild Fish Conservancy Learns of ISAv Detection in B.C. Coho Salmon

WFC Response to ISAv Detection in B.C.

Oct 18, 2011

News that Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus (ISAv) was detected in coastal British Columbia sockeye salmon is greatly alarming. The presence of this virus, never before detected in the Pacific Northwest, poses a serious threat to native salmon species that are already in decline or endangered.

Agencies Warned Over Elwha River Fish Hatchery

Sep 16, 2011

A sixty-day notice letter mailed today to federal and state agencies charges that these agencies are violating the Endangered Species by ignoring best available science and the needs of killer whales and native steelhead by funding a fish hatchery that will impede the recovery of the Elwha River ecosystem.

Feds Revoke Authorization to Kill Sea Lions at Bonneville Dam in Response to Wild Fish Conservancy Lawsuit

Jul 26, 2011

Feds Revoke Authorization to Kill Sea Lions at Bonneville Dam in Response to Wild Fish Conservancy Lawsuit

Sea Lion Killing Suspended at Bonneville Dam in Response to HSUS/WFC Lawsuit

May 25, 2011

Sea Lion Killing Suspended at Bonneville Dam in Response to HSUS/WFC Lawsuit

Ninth Circuit Appeals Court Finds “Biological Opinion” For Federal Hatchery “Arbitrary & Capricious”

Dec 09, 2010

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled 2-1 on Tuesday that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service failed to ensure that the salmon hatchery doesn't endanger the tiny remaining bull trout population in Icicle Creek, a tributary of the Wenatchee River.

Lawsuit Over Unpermitted Discharges At National Fish Hatchery Settled

Aug 05, 2010

A lawsuit filed by Wild Fish Conservancy saying that the Quilcene National Fish Hatchery lacked a federal wastewater discharge was settled last month when the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agreed to issue a permit and reimburse the group's court costs.

Federal Agencies Must Reconsider Net-pens’ Effects On Puget Sound

Apr 29, 2010

In an April 28 ruling, the US District Court for the Western District of Washington ruled in favor of Wild Fish Conservancy in a lawsuit the organization brought against the NOAA Fisheries Service and the US Environmental Protection Agency in 2008.

WILD FISH CONSERVANCY SUPPORTS ESA LISTING FOR PUGET SOUND STEELHEAD

May 07, 2007

A Statement From WFC Executive Director Kurt Beardslee

CONSERVATIONISTS FILE SUIT OVER PUGET SOUND SALMON HARVEST

Oct 10, 2006

Washington Trout Challenges Current Salmon-Harvest Management

SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT FOR PROPOSED SEWAGE PLANT APPEALED

Mar 16, 2006

Duvall, WA

Washington Trout Challenges Treated-Sewage Discharge Into Important Salmon Habitat