In a sparsely attended public meeting of the “Fish Committee” in early August 2020, a select group of Washington Fish and Wildlife Commissioners were re-writing
Wild Fish Conservancy’s Dr. Nick Gayeski explains his latest work to develop an individual-based eco-genetic model of Chinook salmon in order to improve our understanding of how harvest in the mixed-stock ocean fishery is changing wild Chinook that Southern Resident killer whales, coastal communities, and our region’s ecosystem depend on.
WFC bids to lease sites for conservation and public access The fifteen-year leases that have authorized the commercial net pen aquaculture industry to pollute and
Environmentalists ask court to block the summer fishing season until NOAA proves the harvest wouldn’t starve endangered Southern Resident killer whales.
Overharvest of Chinook salmon in S.E. Alaska threatens the coast-wide survival of wild salmon, Southern Resident killer whales, and coastal fishing communities For more information,
Days before having to defend themselves in court, Cooke Aquaculture has agreed to settle a Clean Water Act lawsuit filed by Wild Fish Conservancy as
WA Fish and Wildlife Department advance a new proposal by Cooke Aquaculture to rear steelhead in their Puget Sound net pens alleging commercial open water net pens pose little to no environmental risks.
A groundbreaking new published paper by Wild Fish Conservancy demonstrated survival of salmon and steelhead released from an experimental fish trap on the Columbia River was far higher than rates for any previously tested commercial fishing gears on the Columbia River.
On February 21, 2019, Wild Fish Conservancy moved for summary judgment in our Clean Water Act (CWA) lawsuit against Cooke Aquaculture, asking the U.S. District
Conservation groups file suit to hold the federal government responsible for considering the needs of starving orcas when managing commercial fisheries
Wild Fish Conservancy sends notice of intent to sue WA Fish and Wildlife over the illegal operation of the Skamania summer-steelhead hatchery operation that is harming the recovery of threatened Puget Sound steelhead.
Wild Fish Conservancy and Center for Biological Diversity send notice of intent to sue over the federal management of salmon fisheries that ignores the prey needs of endangered Southern Resident killer whales.
Wild Fish Conservancy issues a statement standing in solidarity and support with B.C. groups calling for an urgent, science-based approach to Southern Resident recovery.
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.
Members and partners of the Our Sound, Our Salmon coalition deliver a petition to WA Fish and Wildlife expressing concerns over conflict of interest in net pen viral testing.
The Coalition to Protect Puget Sound Habitat and Wild Fish Conservancy filed suit today against the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (“WDFW”), demanding an end to the improper exemption of industrial shellfish aquaculture projects from state standards designed to protect fish and marine habitats.
For immediate release.March 22nd, 2018 Today, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed HB2957 into law, an act that will effectively ban the practice of open-water Atlantic
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.
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.
