The Gig Harbor Puget Sound Anglers (PSA) chapter has informed us they will provide support to Fish Northwest. We could not have been more pleased upon hearing from them and gladly welcome them to the team!We encourage other chapters and members to go to our website, read our mission statement, read the posts, check out […]

But rest assured, in the coming days and weeks, there will be those who attack, undermine, and attempt to redefine what FNW stands for and what our goals are. To be sure, this has already happened, and it came not from without, but from within the Puget Sound angling community.

Trust me, the Treaty Tribes are not shaking in their boots this morning. They are not intimidated by this. They will continue using their same old tried and true tactics in the coming weeks. In fact, they will double down. Don’t think for a second that publically pointing out the crap they are pulling is […]

Let me explain just what I mean when I refer to ‘the 2021 North of Falcon co-manager weapon of choice.’It works like this; Each year the co-managers need something to use as leverage over the state. They need this thing in order to achieve their ultimate goal of removing the recreational fisherman from the water. […]

In the coming week, we will likely be hearing from the Director of WDFW about why the state has not applied for its own section 7 permit. It will be explained that new data has come to light indicating that Canada’s annual fisheries have in fact been harvesting more of our fish than anyone thought. […]

The following is our mission statement. In the coming days and weeks, there will be those who attack, undermine, and attempt to redefine what FNW stands for and what our goals are. To be sure, this has already happened, and it came not from without, but from within the Puget Sound angling community. So just […]

Since 2014 North of Falcon, the treaty tribes’ tactic has been to leverage the annual negotiations in their favor and to the detriment of the non-treaty fishers of Washington. The process has devolved into what more or less amounts to extortion. Treaty Tribes withhold agreement based solely on their desired outcomes for state-managed fisheries. The […]

   Today, Fish Northwest, a nonprofit committed to the conservation and preservation of Puget Sound salmon stocks while restoring and expanding fishing opportunities for Washington’s anglers, filed a 60-day notice of intent to sue the Secretary of Commerce, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the Department of the Interior, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife […]

Recently a website, srkwnogo.com, was created by a coward, or group of cowards, attempting to shame and dox boaters exercising their right to boat in the San Juan Islands. This is yet another attempt by fanatics, who for the most part inhabit the San Juan Islands, to restrict the rights of law-abiding citizens. These folks […]

FNW decided in May it was time to act. In just 7 months our membership has grown from the original five board members to 165 individual members and 25 businesses. In that short period, we have raised over $100,000 in donations. This support allowed us to launch a lawsuit intended to restore equity and opportunity […]