Work is underway at the Columbia River fish trap, with Wild Fish Conservancy (WFC), local commercial fishers, processors, fish buyers, and the Washington Department of
Fish trap research during the spring and early-summer seasons is now complete in the lower Columbia River, and preliminary results are in for survival of
WFC’s 2017 research on the Columbia River fish trap has been peer-reviewed and published in the journal of Fisheries!
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.
We are happy to announce that Wild Fish Conservancy staff are once again hip deep in the Columbia River for our fourth year of commercial fish trap research.
We’re proud to share this new video with you, a short film made in conjunction with North Fork Studios that highlights the incredible progress being made on
