The Fish Trap
Bycatch mortality from gillnets and other conventional harvest techniques impedes the recovery of Endangered Species Act (ESA)-listed salmonids and commercial fishing opportunities when ESA-take limits …
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Update On Wild Fish Conservancy Net Pen Litigation
A federal judge has denied motions filed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, NOAA Fisheries Service, and by industry giant Cooke Aquaculture to dismiss all …
The Fish Trap
Bycatch mortality from gillnets and other conventional harvest techniques impedes the recovery of Endangered Species Act (ESA)-listed salmonids and commercial fishing opportunities when ESA-take limits …
Living On Earth:The Great Fish Escape
It’s no surprise to see high numbers of Chinook and Coho Salmon in Puget Sound off Seattle, but a catastrophic failure of a large aquaculture …
The Not So Great Escape
Last weekend thousands of farmed Atlantic salmon escaped into Washington waters between Anacortes and the San Juan Islands. Local tribes and environmental groups say this …
TAKE ACTION: Say No To Atlantic Salmon Net Pens
From the Wild Fish Conservancy. Cooke Aquaculture, an Atlantic salmon net pen conglomerate, is threatening the health of Puget Sound with their plans to further …
Doubling Down on the Broken Promise of Fish Hatcheries
You have to hand it to them. It was a wildly creative and successful bait and switch—perhaps the biggest con ever played on the once …
2016 Wild Fish Soiree & Benefit Auction
For the last twenty-eight years, the Wild Fish Conservancy has been GOING BIG as they have fought to protect and restore struggling wild fish populations. …
Proposed Atlantic Salmon Net Pen Threatens Puget Sound Wild Salmon
Open water Atlantic salmon farms pose an unacceptable health risk to ESA-listed wild salmon and steelhead in Puget Sound. They pollute the nearby ecosystem, and …
Time is running out to save Puget Sound steelhead
Jamie Glasgow, Director of Science for the Wild Fish Conservancy, explains why 5 conservation groups filed suit against the federal government for failing to develop …