Wild Fish Conservancy’s Pound Net Project is ongoing, and we’re currently preparing for future projects. In the meantime, we invite you to watch this short
A paper by Wild Fish Conservancy’s Dr. Nick Gayeski proposing a forward-looking, sustainable management approach to global salmon fisheries was published in Fisheries journal.
In a newly published paper, scientists form WFC, Raincoast Conservation Foundation, and the University of Montana propose an alternative ‘place-based’ framework for certifying wild salmon that recognizes the ecological connection between wild salmon and the natal watersheds to which they are locally adapted.
Earlier this month, the world lost an incredible fisheries biologist, husband, son, brother, father, and friend. James Fletcher Healy passed away in his home on March 5, 2018, surrounded by friends and family, after
WFC restates concern and findings of an exotic virus found in escaped farmed Atlantic salmon in Puget Sound after WA Fish and Wildlife attempted to mischaracterized and downplay the virus they failed to detect.
ndependent lab results demonstrate that 100% of escaped Atlantic salmon tested were highly infected with Piscine Orthoreovirus (PRV), and that the strain of the virus is of Norwegian origin.
Test fishing is finished on the Columbia, and we are very pleased to announce that the trap successfully captured 7,138 salmonids with a 99.87% immediate
Monitoring the river day and night with our experimental pound net trap, we are at the front lines of the Columbia seven days a week,
Fishing continues, and we have already doubled our total catch from last year with only half of the 2016 run size. We wake up hours
Writing this journal entry with swollen and aching hands, I want to express great thanks to the individuals that are making this incredible journey possible.
Constructing and testing Washington’s first salmon trap in over 80 years, there is a lot to learn and many new challenges to confront on a
With a deep red, smoke-obscured sun as our backdrop, the crew wraps up week two of test fishing. In less than 14 days, we are
The Chinook are in, and the fishing is better than ever. After 13 days of test fishing, we saw our first tagged Chinook cross McNary
It is truly amazing what we have accomplished to date; our crew has successfully built Washington State’s first commercial salmon trap in over 80 years.
It is no easy task tagging and clipping hundreds of fish 14 hours a day, day on end. But on tides when the fish are
With each haul of salmon and steelhead, Wild Fish Conservancy’s experienced field staff gathers genetic samples and implants Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tags. These important elements
Waking up before the sunrise, the crew paddled out to the trap for the first day of test fishing! With the spiller deployed and the
Today the crew lifted a winch — the trap’s final component — to the top of the pilings, marking the trap’s completion. This 400-pound piece
Following the catastrophic collapse of a net pen in Puget Sound that released hundreds of thousands of farmed fish, Wild Fish Conservancy notifies Cooke Aquaculture of our intent to sue over Clean Water Act violations.
On August 24th, 2017, in the wake of an environmentally disastrous event that allowed the escape of up to 305,000 Atlantic salmon into Puget Sound,
Climbing to the very top of the pilings, the crew hung the final compartment of the trap, known as the “spiller.” This key piece of
