 Donald Damien and Brian Porter cook clams for a community clambake. Photo: J. Gibson |
FISHERIES DEPARTMENTTandy Wilbur, Fisheries Manager |
FISHERIES NEWS
4/29/2024
The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community (SITC) published its Swinomish Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Shellfish (CCASS) this week. This landmark document, which was developed over the course of several years of careful scientific research and discussions by the Tribe, is the first of its kind in this region.
Briefly, the CCASS outlines four broad and well-supported strategies that reduce the impacts of climate change on shellfish: (1) preserve intact ecosystems, especially those that support critical habitat or ecosystem services; (2) reduce non-climate stressors; (3) restore physical, ecosystem-forming processes to promote landscape biodiversity and functioning; and (4) enhance native species and ecosystem biodiversity. Each strategy has associated goals to aim for, with specific actions designed to help achieve the goal in our regional environment.
A short, plain language overview of the CCASS is also available here.
Photo above: EJ Harris
1/25/2024
Swinomish clam garden video by Crosscut - Rebuilding Salish Sea clam gardens, rock by rock.
1/24/2024
12/15/2023
Please check out our new video on clam gardens, made with our partners at NOAA:
9/26/2023
Fisheries employees recently published another technical report based on our larval and juvenile Dungeness crab research. You can find the report here!
Image: Swinomish Fisheries found this female Dungeness crab molting in the middle of the night during a survey. You can see her shell splitting to the left and right in a line by her eyes.
9/13/2023
Swinomish hosted two community clam garden events since the June Salish Summit. Thank you to everyone who attended! We look forward to hosting more events this winter.
6/14/2023
We had an amazing time hosting the Salish Summit, a gathering of Indigenous aquaculture practitioners from across the Pacific. This photo shows all of the attendees by the Swinomish clam garden site, which we tended and built together during the Summit. Read this link to the Seattle Times article on the Summit to learn more.
5/6/2023
June 4-7, 2023 - JOIN US AT THE SALISH SUMMIT!
1/17/2023
1/10/2023: Here is a list of some of the great things that happened in 2022 with members of the Indigenous Aquaculture Collaborative.
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12/5/2022: Our clam garden work was in the news once again! Click on this link to read more.
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11/28/2022: *JOB NOW CLOSED* We are seeking an Environmental Monitoring Biologist who will work on the development and implementation of field and laboratory-related activities associated with water property monitoring, the sustainability of fisheries, first foods, and coastal habitat ecology.
- Fisheries: Environmental Monitoring Biologist →
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