Another Successful Year for the Columbia River Fish Trap
WFC
February 8, 2020
For Wild Fish Conservancy’s (WFC) field research staff, there was a lot to celebrate as 2019 drew to a close. In November, WFC wrapped up
For Wild Fish Conservancy’s (WFC) field research staff, there was a lot to celebrate as 2019 drew to a close. In November, WFC wrapped up
Hatchery salmon selectively harvested from the fish trap are making their way across the country to high-end restaurants and markets, steadily building a reputation for
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.