Reports & Archives – Wild Fish Conservancy Northwest

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Here we make available resources foundational to our work and the recovery of wild fish.

Fish Trap Research & Data

Learn about WFC's fish trap research projects and objectives since 2016, including reports and publications, downloadable data sets, and more.

Water Typing Assessments

Information, reports, and interactive maps detailing nearly three decades of water typing field assessments on streams assessments performed by WFC's research staff since 1994.

Hatchery Literature

A growing list of peer-reviewed literature and other reports investigating the impacts of hatcheries on wild salmon, steelhead, and their habitats.

Featured Publication

Genetic composition and conservation status of coastal cutthroat trout (2020)

Notice of Intent to Sue for Violations of Section 7 and Section 9 of the Endangered Species Act Associated with Funding and Operating Hatcheries Under the Mitchell Act and with Operating SAFE Hatchery Programs

Legal Document Petition

Petition to List Alaskan Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) under the Endangered Species Act

Comments on the Alaska Troller Association’s White Paper (“AWP”) concerning Wild Fish Conservancy’s lawsuit affecting the Southeast Alaska Chinook Salmon Troll Fishery

Wild Fish Conservancy vs. National Marine Fisheries Service: Third Declaration of Dr. Gordon Luikart

Wild Fish Conservancy vs. National Marine Fisheries Service: Third Declaration of Dr. Robert Lacy

Third Declaration by Dr. Deborah Giles: Update on the status of Southern Resident Killer Whales

Economics Legal Document

First Declaration of Dr. Hans Radtke

Legal Document Report Salmon Management

Remedy: Report and Recommendation on the Illegal Southeast Alaskan Chinook Fishery

Featured Publication

Detection and phylogenetic assessment of PRV-1 via sampling of biological materials released from salmon farms in British Columbia

Olympic Peninsula Listing Petition FAQ

Featured Publication

Maximizing salmonid bycatch survival with passively operated commercial fish traps (2022)

Evaluation of pound nets as stock-selective fishing tools in the Lower Columbia Sub-basin. Final report to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program (2020)

Lower Columbia River Pound Nets: Adapting fish traps to reduce bycatch mortality (2020)

Developing an alternative model for sustainable commercial salmon fisheries of the Lower Columbia River Sub-basin. Final report to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Saltonstall-Kennedy (S-K) Grant Program (2022)

WFC's Motion for Final Order on Relief & Temporary Restraining Order and/or Preliminary Injunction, Southeast Alaska Chinook Harvest Lawsuit (Case No. 20-cv-417-RAJ)

Order Adopting Report and Recommendation, Southeast Alaska Chinook Harvest Lawsuit (Case No. 20-cv-417-RAJ)

Notice of Appeal filed by WFC in WA Supreme Court, Case No. 20-2-03704-4 SEA

Fish Trap Data 2019 Part 2

Fish trap data, 2019

Watertype Assessment Project Summary
West Sound Watersheds Phase III

Watertype Assessment Project Summary
West Sound Watersheds Phase II

Watertype Assessment Project Summary West Sound Watersheds Phase I

Wild Fish Conservancy Watertype Assessment Project Summary WRIA 13 Phase IV (15-1176)

Alluvial Water Storage Assessment Middle Fork Snoqualmie River and Raging River

Public Comments

Joint Comments on the Pacific Fishery Management Council's 2022 Salmon Management Measures

Letter of Support for Washington State Academy of Sciences Scientific Review in the 2022 Supplemental Operating Budget

Section 602(39) of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5693

Taking Back Our Sound Petition Delivered to Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz on March 14, 2022

French Creek Slough Year 1 and Year 2 Monitoring Reports