The Fish Trap Journal – Wild Fish Conservancy Northwest
Oct 4, 2021 · Welcome to The Fish Trap Journal, the official field journal for Wild Fish Conservancy’s Fish Trap Project dedicated to sharing stories, news, and updates on straight from the dock.
Thanks to you, We Made History for Wild Salmon, Orcas, Tribal …
1 day ago · This week, the WA Board of Natural Resources cast a historic vote to permanently ban commercial net pen aquaculture in Washington marine waters. Washington is the first—and only—place in the world to successfully remove and permanently ban this practice to …
Washington Takes Historic Step to Legalize Fish Traps for …
Apr 30, 2021 · This week, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Director Kelly Susewind officially announced the agency has begun the process of designating an Emerging Commercial Fishery for alternative commercial fishing …
How a banned fish trap is being used to save wild salmon on the ...
Fish traps were banned on the Columbia more than 80 years ago. But advocates with the Wild Fish Conservancy are revisiting the idea as a new, sustainable way to separate hatchery salmon from...
South Atlantic council opens door to ‘ropeless’ fish trap gear
Sep 17, 2023 · Developing on-demand or ‘ropeless’ fish trap gear could allow more fishermen to keep working in the black sea bass fishery from the Carolinas to Florida, even with seasonal closures to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales from gear entanglement.
Fish traps were banned, but some now say ‘it’s the future’ for …
Oct 16, 2017 · CATHLAMET, Wahkiakum County — More than eight decades after their demise, fish traps are getting a fresh look from researchers convinced they offer a more sustainable way to catch Columbia River...
Fish Traps: Ancient Method Could Become Way of the Future
Jan 14, 2022 · For the past six years, Wild Fish Conservancy has been testing a fish trap on the lower Columbia River with the goal of finding a fishing tool that would allow commercial fishing outfits to catch targeted stocks of salmon and steelhead—like excess hatchery fish—without harming wild fish and stocks listed under the Endangered Species Act.
VIMS awarded funds to clean up derelict fishing gear
Dec 12, 2024 · A massive cleanup of derelict fishing gear in U.S. coastal waters is set to begin now that William & Mary ’s Batten School & VIMS has awarded $1.4 million to fund 11 projects under the National Fishing Trap Removal, Assessment, and Prevention (TRAP) Program.
Banned fish trap returns as sustainable way to catch salmon
Jan 17, 2019 · An experimental fish trap on the lower Columbia River has repurposed an old fishing method in search of a more sustainable way to catch salmon. Fish trap operators can pick out the hatchery...
Researchers hope fish trap will be safer for wild fish | Local News ...
Nov 18, 2019 · Fish traps have been outlawed in the Pacific Northwest for decades, but researchers plan to test an experimental trap in the Columbia River in hopes that it will be safer for wild fish than...
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