This is an excellent article covering FNW’s recent filing of a motion to intervene. However, it’s come to my attention that some who read it came away with the impression that our hopes have been dashed, that we have been swatted away like an annoying fly. So to answer the question, what makes us different […]

I’d like you to read the following statements from Assistant Attorney General Mike Grossman, representing Fish and Wildlife Director Kelly Susewind, which came in response to our filing a Motion to Intervene in the Boldt case. See if you pick up on the arrogance and indifference on display here toward the tax-paying, fishing license buying […]

https://www.goskagit.com/news/fishing-group-goes-to-court-over-salmon-management/article_b99ea682-930b-56bf-91e9-03ce3070a003.html

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Admittedly, salmon fisheries management and season setting are highly complex. But over the last six years we’ve witnessed and learned enough to understand that something has gone very wrong, and the current process is broken. The fact is that by failing to address these critical management deficiencies, the leadership within WDFW has turned its back […]

Fish Northwest (FNW) sees three areas where major deficiencies exist within the management of Puget Sound recreational salmon fisheries; A dysfunctional North of Falcon season setting process, a flawed ten year Puget Sound Chinook Resource Management Plan (RMP), and the lack of an Endangered Species Act (ESA) fishing permit for the State. The cumulative effect […]

NEWS RELEASE CONTACT INFORMATION:Brett Rosson, PresidentFish Northwestwww.fishnorthwest.org RELEASE DATE:October 5, 2020 FISH NORTHWEST INITIATES LAWSUIT CALLING FOR COURT TO UPHOLD BOLDT DECISION OLYMPIA, WA: This week Fish Northwest (FNW), a non-profit entity concerned with restoring fishing opportunities for Washington’s recreational anglers, has filed a Motion to Intervene in the United States versus Washington, 384 F. […]

Many individuals and businesses have given financial contributions to Fish Northwest over the past few months. They did this in hopes of seeing a reversal in the massive decline in the fishing opportunity we sportsmen of Puget Sound have witnessed in the last five years. Like our generous donors, we at Fish Northwest came to […]